SSTOs

"Combs, Mike" wrote: Stine was also a true believer in 0-G materials processing, which hasn't exactly set the engineering world on fire in recent decades.
Regards,
Mike Combs

I was interested in the possibilities of a VTVL SSTO that required no more maintenance than a jetliner with a fast
turnaround. There are lots of markets for such a craft from satelite launches to around the world in under an hour
flight service for passengers and cargo. "If it needs to be there in under an hour call sky Xpress".
As for 0G processing, I don't know how useful that would be myself but if you had cheap access to space
you could do plenty of experiments to find out.
Darkstar