(07-21-2021, 08:39 PM)trdsf Wrote: I don't think the suborbital hop model is sustainable, and I don't think it's going to get them the financial or technical leverage to do anything further.
Musk with his orbital-resupply angle stands a chance of carving some profits.
I think the Branson thing of a suborbital space-plane may at least provide the possibility of profit, flying the hyper-rich from Beijing to London in 30 minutes or whatever, a sort of 21st-century Concorde for either same-day hard-cargo/passenger delivery or on the other hand the cachet of having flown on an exotic beast. Whether or not that's economically viable or not remains to be seen.
On hiatus.
