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Re: Orbiting Datahavens
On Tue, 2 Jul 1996 17:06:47 -0700 (PDT), Brian Lane wrote:
>> I'm not sure who would launch it - a Japanese launcher? (ESA is
>> strapped for cash, which was one reason for the phenomenaly stupid move of
>> putting space probes onto the maiden flight of the Ariane 5.)
>
> We'd want someone more reliable than ESA! I doubt that we could afford
>to have a backup satellite in case of a disaster. Once the Delta Clipper
>is functional the payload costs to orbit is supposed to drop tremendously.
Or, who knows. NASA could finally wake up, really that the shuttle sucks
as a cargo hauler, start using something like the Phoenix (They
stonewalled it - would have made them look bad) to build orbital industry
and then setup giant solar-powered launch lasers and have surface to
orbit at pennies per pound. Oh well... Who'd have thought we'd go to
the moon and stop.
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