Hi,

Has anyone been following the developments of Virgin to develop a cheap, re-usable space rocket that will lower the cost (and risk) of getting into space?

See the following link -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/science/nature/7205445.stm

Given that the major impediment to the LiftPort is that it is financially unviable when being lifted with a NASA shuttle has anyone considered re-running the cost calculations using the estimates from Virgin?  I would be interested in this as a small research topic if anyone is interested.

We may find that the pre-cursor technology required is closer at hand than we may realise.

Regards,

Toby