merriman said:
The world is on the cusp of a change in how we access space, and the cost of doing so. I am SO PUMPED about what SpaceX is doing here. This will be to access to space what steam was to the expansion of the American West.
ULS, Arian, Boeing, NASA and the other players better stop with their re usability half-measures, and get on board. Or, Musk will take their lunch money and stuff their sorry asses into hall lockers.
The only other players worth watching out there is Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic -- with Sierra Nevada bringing up the rear.
How are the Russian's doing with their parallel-burn fly-back boosters?
Robert Heinlein had it right from the start!
David
Well said. There is indeed a strategic shift perfectly planned since day one. None of the legacy players - US, European, Chinese, Russian - could even understand what really would happened - and what is happening now. And in this game, the "winner takes all". So. Let's see to which extent, and how fast the survival instinct will shake the nuts, and the coconuts.
A.