There was something technologically wrong with the X-33 composite hydrogen
tanks IIRC. Didn't they leak? Such a pity we never saw that aerospike take
off and fly. I wonder why nobody had other ideas for it.
Fantasy Venturestar launch and landing (VTHL mode)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oYI1CNaGrc
jd
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From: arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
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Sent: dinsdag 27 september 2016 19:17
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Subject: [AR] Re: Ozone layer was Re: Removing Coking Deposits
On Tue, 27 Sep 2016, Henry Vanderbilt wrote:
... the main reason [SSTO] has never been done is that nobody has
ever been able to get adequate funding to *try*.
I would amend that last statement to "nobody *competent* has ever been
able to get adequate funding to try", in light of X-33.