From: jsb@at.hal-pc-dot.org.retro.com   
      
   "Lawrence Gales"  wrote in message   
      
   > 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.   
   >   
   >   -- Larry   
      
   Last time I checked the Kistler vehicle could not carry people.  Last time I   
   checked, Kistler had not "accomplished" a flight -- *any* flight.  Last time   
   I checked, NASA had not ever built their own launch vehicle.   
      
   It is not a NASA goal to themselves build a vehicle such as Kistler has been   
   attempting to build, but if Kistler succeeds (and I hope they do) it could   
   benefit NASA.   
      
   Jon   
      
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