Rather see monies spent of a better transportation system for all Americans, not just a handfull of rich folks. It will be noisy dirty, and expensive. Whats the point, anyway. Bet the amount of money spent, we could go back to the Moon.
Wally_Parnel: Rather see monies spent of a better transportation system for
Bad, because it dumps stuff way up int the atmosphere. The shuttle dump about 60 tons of Ozone layer destroying HCl into the stratosphere. 1000 shuttle launches per year would dump more HCl the all natural sources. Not a problem with 1 or 2 launches per year, but if we want to expand space and near space travel, we need to find a clean way to do it.
I like the hydrogen powered ones better. Now with 15000 psi, 1000 bar composite fuels tanks, Hydrogen has comparable energy density and burns much faster.
We should be able to extend hypersonic to orbit or near orbit with only a small H2 O2 rocket to achieve orbit.
research: Bad, because it dumps stuff way up int the atmosphere.
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I like the hydrogen powered ones better. Now with 15000 psi, 1000 bar composite fuels tanks, Hydrogen has comparable energy density and burns much faster.
We should be able to extend hypersonic to orbit or near orbit with only a small H2 O2 rocket to achieve orbit.