Comments on: A vote of confidence for alt.space http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/01/26/a-vote-of-confidence-for-altspace/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-vote-of-confidence-for-altspace Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Donald F. Robertson http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/01/26/a-vote-of-confidence-for-altspace/#comment-6714 Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:14:30 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=808#comment-6714 I’m still waiting breathlessly (almost literally!) for SpaceX to show their stuff. When they do, the alt.space case will get dramatically stronger. Unfortunately, I’m waiting with equal anticipation (i.e., fear) the ax falling on COTS and Centennial Challenges as the money gets ever tighter — as already appears to have happened to the methane engine. If SpaceX fails, I expect that chop to get more likely.

— Donald

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