re proton centaur in article r to oh access digex net prb access digex com pat writes the question i have about the proton is could it be handled at one of ksc s spare pads without major malfunction or could it be handled at kourou or vandenberg seems like a lot of trouble to go to its probably better to invest in newer launch systems i don t think a big cost advantage for using russian systems will last for very long maybe a few years lockheed would be the place to ask since you would probably have to buy the proton from them they market the proton world wide except russia they should know a lot about the possibilities i haven t heard them propose us launches so i assume they looked into it and found it unprofitable now if it uses storables yes then how long would it take for the russians to equip something at cape york comparable to the zenit i suppose but since it looks like nothing will be built there you might just as well pick any spot the message is to launch now while its cheap and while russia and kazakstan are still cooperating later the story may be different dennis newkirk dennisn ecs comm mot com motorola land mobile products sector schaumburg il
