Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ames.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!intelca!qantel!dual!ames!al From: al@ames.UUCP (Al Globus) Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Re: SSTO! Message-ID: <825@ames.UUCP> Date: Thu, 28-Feb-85 14:01:20 EST Article-I.D.: ames.825 Posted: Thu Feb 28 14:01:20 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 08:17:33 EST References: <699@mordor.UUCP> <5131@utzoo.UUCP> Organization: NASA-Ames Research Center, Mtn. View, CA Lines: 9 > ...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.