From: games@max.u.washington.edu
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: DCX and making Boeing do something as well...
Date: 14 Apr 92 20:04:50 GMT

I own some Boeing stock, and as a stockholder I am entitled to go to the 
yearly stockholders meeting.  (Since I live in Seattle, this is not a
problem.)  I am also entitled to make proposals at those meetings that 
all of the stockholders then vote on.

(Typically these are from people who have bought 50 shares so that they can
demand the breaking of ties with south africa or some such) (I actually
own boeing stock because I believe in the company.)

It is too late for a proposal this year, but I could concievably make one
next year.


On to the point:  Why not propose that Boeing build a prototype of an SSTO
to be offered commercially. (With FINAL development being done after
commercial orders are booked.)

As with all other proposals, I expect that this one will be voted down,
however it will send the message to Boeings management that space is something
to be considered more seriously than just government contracts.

What I need is help drafting the proposal so that it carries emotional
weight, so that it will get more votes FOR it.  I was thinking along the
lines of:

START OF TEXT

Wheras: If DCX is sucessful then it will put McDonald Douglas
ahead of the game in SSTO technology, and in the commercialization of
that technology.

And Wheras: the commercial airplane market is maturing, it will not in the
future be able to sustain the present rate of growth that we want from Boeing,
Boeing must somehow find appropriate new markets to explore in order to expand.

And Wheras: The first (groundbreaking) Boeing planes were not designed
with firm orders on the books, this only started happening after planes
became a mature technology.

IT IS RESOLVED that Boeing undertake to produce a new prototype vehicle for
the purposes of proof of concept, and to show market feasibility.  This vehicle
should be capable of single stage to orbit transport of a similar amount of
cargo and passengers as a small jet airliner in todays market.  This vehicle
should also be able to be as maintanable as modern jet airliners, and also
within an order of magnitude of modern relialibility standards.

Arguments for the proposal:  This vehicle has been studued for many years,
as being produced with very little new technological developments.  If a
vehicle of this nature were to be produced (or even if the concept were to
be validated with a prototype) there are many investors who see it as a means
to get materials and people into orbit for a large number of purposes.
As well as supplanting the present U.S. launch industry with a more economical
vehicle (thus taking existing market share from Boeings launch competitors),
it will make affordable whole new space based markets such as tourism.
We feel that such a vehicle is the next logical development for our company
as it will provide the opportunity for greatly expanded growth for many years
to come.


END OF TEXT.

I know that a great portion of this is weak, and writing this kind of
retoric is NOT my strong point.  Can anybody help me clean this up?


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