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From: al@ames.UUCP (Al Globus)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: SSTO!
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Date: Thu, 28-Feb-85 14:01:20 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.