From: Adrian Tymes (wingcat@pacbell.net)
Date: Fri Feb 02 2001 - 22:42:42 MST
So? Make a cheaper ticket. Current rocket tech is *far* from as cheap
as it could be.
John Marlow wrote:
>
> You wanna play in space, you gotta buy a ticket.
> You can't afford the ticket, you can't play.
>
> jm
>
> On 2 Feb 2001, at 8:20, Spike Jones wrote:
>
> > John Marlow wrote:
> >
> > > You know I can't tell if you're serious?
> > > I really can't. Not at all.
> >
> > Three things, John:
> >
> > 1. Do
> > 2. The
> > 3. Math
> >
> > Do the math! There are plenty of books out there, or just
> > look around on the web. The actual equations are not that
> > complicated. It will take a Titan III/ Centaur class lancher
> > for each ~1000 kg that ends up soft landed on Mars. That
> > works out to on the order of 100 bucks per *gram*.
> >
> > What am I missing? Please point out to me my order of
> > magnitude error, and I will be the happiest rocket scientist
> > in Taxifornia. {8-] spike
> >
> >
>
> John Marlow
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