Re: H-2A launch failure

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allen Thomson) wrote:
>BTW, this reminds me that CATS is only part of the manned spaceflight
>story. What we really need is SCATS -- Safe and Cheap Access To Space.
>At present the "C" is two or three orders of magnitude from where it
>should be, and I suspect the same is true of "S."

No.  One could design a system limited to 1000kg payloads, at a cost
of $10/kg, and you'd qualify for CATS.  You wouldn't however have a
very useful system.

D.
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