There's also RASCAL

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There's also RASCAL

Larry J — 12/3/2004 7:35:29 PM (archived)

If RASCAL is built, it promises the potential to launch 75 KG (165 lb) into a 500 KM sun synchronous orbit for about $850,000. It also is speced to launch 130 KG (286 lb) into an equatorial orbit for the same price. Burt Rutan is working on the RASCAL mothership aircraft and is applying lessons learned from SpaceShipOne to the design.

The R&D costs for RASCAL would be quite a bit higher than an upgraded sounding rocket like the Super Strypi, but the operational costs and flexibility seem a lot better.

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Once again Mars exobiology rears its ugly head - Gary - 12/3/2004 6:22:50 AM
- Could you expand... - McFly - 12/3/2004 2:18:23 PM
  - Expanding - Gary - 12/3/2004 3:33:27 PM
    - He's talking about government space programs, of course. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/3/2004 4:31:12 PM
      - I'll be over joyed WHEN there is a nongovernment space program - Gary - 12/3/2004 4:40:07 PM
        
        It may be sooner than you think - Larry J - 12/3/2004 5:00:35 PM
        
        re: It may be sooner than YOU think - Tom Brosz - 12/3/2004 5:30:22 PM
        
        Super Strypi - Gary - 12/3/2004 5:08:40 PM
        
        Totally bogus comparison - Nathan Koren - 12/4/2004 9:01:51 AM
        
        I've worked with the folks at Sandia - Gary - 12/4/2004 9:21:08 PM
        
        re: I've worked with the folks at Sandia - Nathan Koren - 12/4/2004 11:10:45 PM
        
        There's also RASCAL - Larry J - 12/3/2004 7:35:29 PM
        
        RASCAL is actually a pretty sweet design - Gary - 12/4/2004 3:48:52 AM
        
        DARPA is funding RASCAL development - Larry J - 12/5/2004 2:04:34 PM
        
        Thermal protection is a problem - Gary - 12/5/2004 8:55:47 PM
        
        re: Thermal protection is a problem - Larry J - 12/6/2004 8:03:24 PM
        
        Supersonic dash - Gary - 12/7/2004 6:46:54 AM
        
        re: Supersonic dash - Larry J - 12/7/2004 2:52:37 PM
        
        F/A-22 - Gary - 12/7/2004 5:12:22 PM
        
        re: F/A-22 - Larry J - 12/7/2004 6:45:13 PM
        
        re: Super Strypi - Larry J - 12/3/2004 5:28:04 PM
        
        Don't trust the numbers on Falcon I - Gary - 12/4/2004 3:58:23 AM
        
        re: Don't trust the numbers on Falcon I - Larry J - 12/5/2004 2:07:31 PM
    - re: Expanding - Larry J - 12/3/2004 4:25:16 PM
- Then start colonization with the very first manned mission - LJK - 12/3/2004 1:01:48 PM
  - Great minds work alike - Gary - 12/3/2004 4:10:42 PM
    - manifold time - Greg - 12/4/2004 2:57:05 AM
    - re: Great minds work alike - LJK - 12/3/2004 4:13:49 PM
      - kill all the SoBs - Adam - 12/4/2004 11:29:10 AM
        
        Why did the T-Rex eat the lawyer in Jurassic Park? - LJK - 12/4/2004 4:45:11 PM
        
        Another old lawyer joke..... - Gary - 12/4/2004 9:30:38 PM
        
        From David Letterman - McFly - 12/6/2004 6:12:39 PM
- Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ;-) (n/t) - Robert Clark - 12/3/2004 12:46:45 PM
  - Does the world appear more beautiful when you're on Thorazine? :-) (n/t) - Gary - 12/3/2004 4:13:55 PM
    - To me a solar system teeming with life on every planet would be a beautiful idea not an ugly one. - Robert Clark - 12/3/2004 10:05:25 PM
      - To me a solar system teeming with marshmellow surfaces and cute kittens, gumdrop trees, and unicorns on every planet would be a beautiful idea not an ugly one. - R.L. - 12/4/2004 1:04:40 AM
        
        Nor does wishing it were lifeless make it so. - Robert Clark - 12/4/2004 5:28:49 AM
        
        I genuinely 'wish' that we find life there- the difference between you and me is that I know that wishes dont make reality. - R.L. - 12/4/2004 5:51:46 AM
        
        re: I genuinely 'wish' that we find life there- the difference between you and me is that I know that wishes dont make reality. - Robert Clark - 12/4/2004 6:12:19 AM
        
        Nonsense - R.L. - 12/4/2004 6:40:52 AM
        
        We aren't laughing with you, we're laughing at you. - barney - 12/4/2004 1:59:54 AM
        
        When the hell did I ever endorse the 'White Mars' theory?! - R.L. - 12/4/2004 4:24:37 AM
        
        re: When the hell will we be able to quit laughing - booger - 12/4/2004 4:37:48 AM
        
        OH MY GOD!!! LOOK EVERYONE!!! - R.L. - 12/4/2004 5:29:19 AM
        
        Look again. - weird - 12/4/2004 3:21:25 PM
        
        still nothing, you twit - R.L. - 12/4/2004 4:59:05 PM

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