starship-design: L/M's OSP concept

[KellySt@aol.com]

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>And you can thank the folks at LM/Boeing/etc for the price tag on the OSP.
>Seen the OSP design LM etc have put up yet?
> Lockheed Martin >   http://www.ast.lmco.com/osp/
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> You'll note it's got 'wings' though it will land by parachutes.


Oh, just noticed that was a URL.

Those arn't wings!!  Its hardly a chine!!

Its a cone with a flat side.  It looks like, Dyna soar with the wings cut off.

The requirements arn't real tight eiatrher.  Assurence of safer then Soyoz or 
shuttle.  Thats a lose rate of  1 out of 50.