On 10/30/2014 10:31 AM, dr.kl...@gmx.at wrote: > 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 >
Good point. I was a kid in the 1960's when then President Kennedy declared that we were going to put a man on the moon in that decade. I don't recall any costs being discussed at that time. Nasa was fully funded to do what needed to be done to obtain the mission. Every time they had a test launch on TV, they used to line us up in grade school in the gym to watch the rocket launches on a "big" black and white TV. Dave --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
