10-Year Plan

Al Globus wrote:

>On Tuesday, October 22, 2002, at 02:43 PM, Ian Woollard wrote:
>
>>The question isn't what you spend. It's what you launch. I've seen
>>figures that suggest that the true cost of launching a man, even with
>>low tech expendables can be as low as $100,000 per person.
>>
>>
>
>You are probably thinking of the Russian tourist project that intends to
>launch 2 tourists at a time on a sub-orbital flight for $100,000
>apiece.
>
No. I would not make that mistake. The solution to the problems of
reducing launch costs is primarily that of minimising initial
development costs and making a relatively low tech reusable system. The
other big problem is maintaining very high reliability so you can
actually use it for your chosen market.