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Posted by blart on September 14, 2005, 5:42 am
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that would probably need to be directed to the moderated groups, or the
policy group.
There are bound to be some regs to disallow anyone other than military or
NASA or American Corporations.
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> That's an interesting question. Liability insurance costs aside
> for launching a person on a non-man rated rocket, are these things
> regulated? Does a company have to get a permit to launch something
> to orbit? I assume if so it varies from country to country as to
> the details. Do the astronaughts have to get a special endorsement
> on their FL driver's licenses? LOL!
> JazzMan
> blart wrote:
>> The price(s) is(are) for ~10 tonnes, or 25 tonnes.
>> No mention of what you do with those tonnes ;)
>> > blart wrote:
>> >> So who is going to be the first to use a Falcon 9, in conjunction with
>> >> apollo (or soyuz!) capsule, to get space tourism off the ground?
>> >> Costs are approx 30M per flight, for 9.5 tonnes (21000lbs)
>> >> The heavy can get 25 tonnes (55000lbs) into leo for ~40M ?
>> >> Surely this is enough lift capacity for a scaled composites style
>> >> reuseable,
>> >> or a rocketplane style 'lear jet' with nonreuseable abalative heat
>> >> shield
>> >> (phenolic? balsa wood???) With 40 paying customers the flight has paid
>> >> for
>> >> itself at 1M apiece.
>> >> cheers
>> > I seriously doubt that this price is for a man-rated version.
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> for launching a person on a non-man rated rocket, are these things
> regulated? Does a company have to get a permit to launch something
> to orbit? I assume if so it varies from country to country as to
> the details. Do the astronaughts have to get a special endorsement
> on their FL driver's licenses? LOL!
> JazzMan
> blart wrote:
>> The price(s) is(are) for ~10 tonnes, or 25 tonnes.
>> No mention of what you do with those tonnes ;)
>> > blart wrote:
>> >> So who is going to be the first to use a Falcon 9, in conjunction with
>> >> apollo (or soyuz!) capsule, to get space tourism off the ground?
>> >> Costs are approx 30M per flight, for 9.5 tonnes (21000lbs)
>> >> The heavy can get 25 tonnes (55000lbs) into leo for ~40M ?
>> >> Surely this is enough lift capacity for a scaled composites style
>> >> reuseable,
>> >> or a rocketplane style 'lear jet' with nonreuseable abalative heat
>> >> shield
>> >> (phenolic? balsa wood???) With 40 paying customers the flight has paid
>> >> for
>> >> itself at 1M apiece.
>> >> cheers
>> > I seriously doubt that this price is for a man-rated version.
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> Please reply to jsavage"at"airmail.net.
> Curse those darned bulk e-mailers!
> **********************************************************
> "Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of
> supply and demand. It is the privilege of human beings to
> live under the laws of justice and mercy." - Wendell Berry
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