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To: LindyBill who wrote (112427)	5/3/2005 2:04:48 PM
From: Oral Roberts	Respond to of 793916

well having the launch equipment and ice and foam issues in the rear would certainly cure many of todays ills, wouldn't it.

To: LindyBill who wrote (112427)	5/3/2005 4:36:07 PM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 793916

Looks like the "Dynasoar" concept They couldn't design something innovative if it was given to them with instructions. It's a crying shame Rutan and the rest of the T/Space consortium dropped out of the competition. And why? Bureaucracy. newscientist.com Paperwork stops space privateers building lunar lander THE next lunar lander won't be designed by the new generation of plucky space privateers after all, and for a bizarre reason. While a consortium that includes Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites, builders of the first privately owned spacecraft, say they can build a great spaceship, they don't have the expertise or resources to do all the paperwork. "NASA wants 40 to 50 monthly reports on what you're doing," David Gump, president of the Transformational Space consortium told New Scientist on Monday. And while "we could build a great Crew Exploration Vehicle", Gump says, the consortium cannot comply with the reports and studies NASA stipulates to monitor the project. NASA issued eight companies with contracts to design a CEV last September. But the two contracts to build prototypes are likely to go to two consortiums, one headed by Lockheed Martin, the other by Northrop Grumman and Boeing. Transformational Space hopes to land a smaller deal for an orbiter with minimal documentation.