Am Donnerstag, 30. Oktober 2014 schrieb Leonardo Marsaglia: > 2014-10-29 20:20 GMT-03:00 andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com>: > > > Skylon looks like it could be made to work for about 4 billion, and > > the only totally new parts (heat exchanger and fuel-intercooler > > scheme) have been demonstrated working. > > It is mainly a better-designed HOTOL ( > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HOTOL ) which was described by the actual > > designer as "turned out to be an expensive way to send a hydraulic > > system to low earth orbit" > > > > I can't see anyone finding the 4 billion in the current climate though. > > > > I guess that's the main problem with all of these projects. Most of the > people are not interested in space travel and what's beyond this planet, > hence nobody wants to invest a lot of money on that. The sad thing is, all > the great achievements and progress are acomplished in war times. > >
Greed is a bitch - when your word view is utilitaristic you'll never make it to Mars. Nik -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
