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- From: ccoprmd@prism.gatech.EDU (Matthew DeLuca)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: Soyuz as ACRV
- Message-ID: <64623@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 19:15:29 GMT
- References: <1992Jul29.170300.2254@eng.umd.edu> <64612@hydra.gatech.EDU> <1992Jul29.182610.3431@eng.umd.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul29.182610.3431@eng.umd.edu> sysmgr@king.eng.umd.edu writes:
- >In article <64612@hydra.gatech.EDU>, ccoprmd@prism.gatech.EDU (Matthew DeLuca) writes:
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- >>I really will be surprised, though, if we end up using Soyuz. It's a neat
- >>idea on paper, but I think the number of technical problems that need to be
- >>overcome will outweigh any savings from using already-existing hardware.
- >
- >Huh? What already existing hardware for assured crew return? Since NASA is
-
- The 'already existing hardware' is the Soyuz; I was trying to say that the
- cost savings from using a currently-existing vehicle (Soyuz) will likely
- be eaten up by the cost of converting and certifying it for duty, so we
- won't really be saving that much.
-
- >Plus I can see cases where they want to send up one or two specialists without
- >blowing a full shuttle flight.
-
- If they can launch people to a 28.5 degree orbit from Russia, that would be a
- good use. I can see us sending a couple of people over to Russia for a
- quick trip up. We'd need a docking adapter, but no big deal.
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