Re: Rotary Starts Production
Peter:
At 01:23 PM 7/23/98 +0100, you wrote:
>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...
We all know who the Shadows are. Their name has 4 letters. :-)
>
>> 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.
If Kistler is first, the general public will not be interested. The press
wants human stories. Stories like "Maverick Rocket Man Makes First Private
Space Flight" get people excited. Kistler's flight will be a nice
technology achievement, but it will only get as much press as Orbital
Sciences did when they first launched Pegasus.
Sam
---------
>
>> 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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