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Offline Jim

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RpK and OSC COTS Partnering
« on: 07/25/2006 11:40 am »
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RE: RpK and OSC COTS Partnering
« Reply #1 on: 07/26/2006 12:23 am »
So, Orbital provides launch support for Rocketplane/Kistler's rocket...

But the K-1, IIRC, can only get about 4-5 tonnes to LEO, so for COTS, they must be developing a bigger rocket...

Simon ;)
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Re: RpK and OSC COTS Partnering
« Reply #2 on: 07/26/2006 01:06 am »
Orbital does everything (system engineering) except the basic design.
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