2nd February 2003, 2:43 PM
Reusable is the only way to go if it's to be a common thing. This is the general consensus I've heard from people who actually know about this anyway. Shuttles weren't expected to last this long because even though they are a step up from rockets, they are still horribly complex multistage space ships. The idea is to get them, as I said, down to single stage ships that are simplistic in design. In fact, there's a reward of... a lot of money (I forget the figure) to anyone who can provide a workable solution to this.
Here's my idea. Get a ship, and a moron. Get the moron to forget how to fall properly, and set the coordinates.
Here's my idea. Get a ship, and a moron. Get the moron to forget how to fall properly, and set the coordinates.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)