Re: Rotary Starts Production
On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Sam Coniglio wrote:
> As a certain Vorlon once said,
>
> "And so it begins..."
You want to be careful with implied analogies like this you know. I mean,
who does that make the Shadows, huh? Right...
> It is very exciting to be aware of history in the making. This time next
> year, the world will be taken by surprise. A wave of public interest in
> space travel will soon crest. We need to get ready to surf that wave when
> it comes.
Maybe so, but I think Kistler may get there first. I dunno, you stand
around for ages and then a whole bunch come along at once.
> At 11:08 PM 7/21/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >FYI,
> >
> >"Construction Starts on Piloted Space Vehicle"
> >PRNewswire
> >SOURCE: Rotary Rocket Company
> ><http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/980721/ca_rotary__1.html>
> >
> >: Construction has begun on Rotary Rocket Company's Roton, the
> >: world's first piloted fully reusable space vehicle. Sections of the
> >fuel
> >: tank, a major part of the 64 foot high vehicle, are coming off molds
> >: at the Scaled Composites plant here in Mojave.
> >
> >: Tooling for the oxygen tank is also under way and fabrication of the
> >: tank itself is scheduled to begin shortly.
> >
> >: With construction well under way, Rotary Rocket Company is on
> >: schedule to fly an approach and landing demonstrator or
> >: ``Atmospheric Test Vehicle'' in the first half of 1999, and a
> >propulsion
> >: flight test vehicle in the second half of 1999.
> >
> >--
> >Mark Reiff <mreiff1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >Gratuitous political statement, look here ->
> ><http://home.earthlink.net/~markreiff/pork.jpg>
> >"I think we are all trying too hard to push space
> >versus finding the pulls that attract people and their money."
> >"The heavens reward great deeds, not excuses."
> >
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