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   Henry Spencer to iain-3@truecircuits.com   
   Re: How is SpaceX doing?   
   13 Dec 04 19:37:36   
   
   From: henry@spsystems.net   
      
   In article <1102541844.617972.161840@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,   
     wrote:   
   >I think it's interesting that Elon apparently thinks   
   >that a cheap booster for massive ISS resupply is not a   
   >worthwhile business opportunity for SpaceX...   
      
   By the time you added rendezvous/docking hardware, *and* met all the ISS   
   "Visiting Vehicles" requirements, it wouldn't be cheap any more.  Going to   
   the station is not just a matter of reaching the right orbit.   
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   "Think outside the box -- the box isn't our friend."    |   Henry Spencer   
                                   -- George Herbert       | henry@spsystems.net   
      
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