Re: DS/SG Landings

On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 10:33:25AM -0400, Roger Books wrote:
> On  7-Jun-02 at 10:23, KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de
(KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de)
> wrote: 
> 
> > But assume ressources are limited. 
> > Assault landers/recovery vehicles are expensive/rare/take up lots of
> > cargo space, drop pods are cheap/plentyful/easily stowed.
> 
> Sorry, I have trouble seeing disposable drop pods as being more cost
> or space affective than a reusable drop ship.

We don't (yet) have completely re-usable ground-orbit, because it's
more cost effctive to throw some of the thing away each time.

And: if you're not going to reuse the heat shield it can be ablative