XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, sci.space.policy, sci.physics   
   From: fjmccall@gmail.com   
      
   scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wrote on Mon, 04 Jun 2018 15:40:58   
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   >J. Clarke  writes:   
   >>On Sun, 03 Jun 2018 14:06:20 -0700, Fred J. McCall   
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >   
   >>>>   
   >>>>I don't believe what I want to.  I believe what is true.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>>Oh, do you now?  Why is what you want to believe "true" with no proof?   
   >>   
   >>I believe that it is true that no SSTO has ever made it to orbit.   
   >   
   >For what it's worth, a friend of mine at micky d's in the 90's claimed   
   >the clipper (DC-X) actually made a couple of military flights SSTO.  FWIW.   
   >   
      
   DC-X wasn't capable of orbit.  This is why the program needed to   
   continue with DC-Y and Delta Clipper.   
      
      
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