> > I did say a *better* shuttle. The current one is a political
> > compromise rather than a truely workable shuttle.
>
> You mean the one with O-rings made from unobtainium? In that case you
> might as well use the same techniques to build a space elevator :)

No, I'm thinking about the shuttles that may come from the technology
developed from the X-Prize.
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