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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: SSTO!
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Date: Mon, 4-Mar-85 20:10:34 EST
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> > ...And some
> > of the folks pushing this method think that $100/lb is a ridiculously
> > high cost to orbit and could be beaten easily.
> 
> It's amazing how cheap any easy things are when they're still on paper (or
> in the computer) and you haven't had to make them work yet.  Remember
> when the shuttle would bring costs down to $500/lb to LEO?  I think it
> runs around $3,000 and up in actuality.

Yup.  But remember that the under-$100/lb cost for the scramjet shuttle
is also a paper number, and is thus fair game for comparison.
-- 
				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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