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| Mass Produced Spaceships? |
| 2005-04-12 |
| ...The second deal, between Beyond-Earth Enterprises and XCOR, could be an indicator of the shape of things to come. Beyond-Earth plans to buy standardized rocket components from XCOR for small-payload launch vehicles, designed for purposes such as suborbital flight testing or research. "This is the first step toward making space accessible for commercial ventures," Joe Latrell, Beyond-Earth's chief executive officer, said in the Colorado company's news release. "We want to be instrumental in creating standardized production components. When an airline company or package delivery service needs a new vehicle, they don't build it, they buy it from a company who specializes in airplane or truck production." Hopefully, resulting in small spacecraft as ubiquitous as UPS trucks. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #4 no restrictor plate necessary |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-04-12 8:54:50 PM |
| #3 "as ubiquitous as UPS trucks" Does Jarrett have to learn how to drive one of these, too? |
| Posted by: VAMark 2005-04-12 8:47:00 PM |
| #2 Hey stop being a square! We build a stage in the barn and charge admissin, I know several spembles who can run and laugh and play and sing! It'll be great! We could clear 85 dollars or more! |
| Posted by: Half 2005-04-12 7:05:26 PM |
| #1 Yet another year when I'll be too busy to go to space access and talk to these guys. (It's nice to see the guys from XCOR getting business, and it's nice to see the guys from Beyond Earth having business to give to them). |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-04-12 6:11:37 PM |