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To: Carol Putnam who wrote (6769)	2/10/1999 12:17:00 PM
From: george eberting	Respond to of 9096

Carol: It surely won't hurt us if the rocket people can't solve their problems.

To: Carol Putnam who wrote (6769)	2/10/1999 12:57:00 PM
From: ewaggin	Respond to of 9096

Two thoughts: 1) "If an older scientist, well-respected in his field, tells you that something is possible, he is very probably right. If he tells you that something is impossible, he is very likely wrong." (From Arthur C. Clarke, I believe.) 2) The future of space exploration and exploitation is certainly in commercial ventures. The Federal budgeting process and the use of military design philosophy (squeeze the maximum performance out, regardless of cost) have all but stalled NASA's program. Any further NASA cuts can only serve to enhance viable commercial efforts. This is why I like PLFM's approach of using cheap and proven Russian hardware to implement a launch technology already in use by Orbital Sciences.

To: Carol Putnam who wrote (6769)	2/10/1999 7:03:00 PM
From: Michael Baron	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9096

I like this guy Kaplan. But he lives in a world where the lifting body has not yet been invented. Where propellant development has ceased. Where bright ideas have stopped being thought of. If "Reducing the high cost of space transport, according to Dr. Kaplan, is the single most significant challenge facing the space industry today." you've got to give a lot of credit to those who have addressed this challenge. Hopefully, PIC will be successful in achieving this, but who knows. Someone will. All the best, M.