[AR] Re: 500,000 tons

  • From: Keith Henson <hkeithhenson@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 12:27:12 -0700

On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 12:08 PM, John Dom <johndom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Keith Henson wrote on 070414:
>
>> One runway can launch at least 150 Skylon flights a day.
>> Can you launch even once a day from a pad?  That seems optimistic to me,
> what do you think?
>
> Many years ago I heard Alan stating at a conference Skylon launches would
> require a runway on an offshore island because of them being so noisy.

That's not a problem.  There are no runways where they would be useful
in any case, so they have to be built.

Keith

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