From: larryg@u.washington.edu   
      
   On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Raoul wrote:   
      
   > Date: 4 Feb 2004 08:24:38 -0800   
   > From: Raoul    
   > Newsgroups: sci.space.tech   
   > Subject: Contract for Kistler!!   
   >   
   > There's some new? news about a contract for Kistler. Several sites are   
   > implying this could be a jump start for the almost bankrupt company.   
   > I've first read about the 'Kistler concept' several years ago and I'm   
   > still quite impressed with it. Now I would like to know if time caught   
   > up with it....is it technically outdated after all these years or is   
   > it still one of the most promosing concepts for an affordable RLV   
   > around?   
   >   
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   Can you show us those sites?  I looked at Kistler's page but did not see   
   anything about it.  While I don't think that the Kistler design is nearly   
   as good as some other designs, it is vastly superior to anything flying   
   now.   
   It could be available in less than two years for less than the cost of a   
   single shuttle flight.  It is a huge rebuke of NASA who can not achieve   
   anything comparable for 20 times the cost.   
      
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