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  1. Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!omen!caf
  3. From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX)
  4. Subject: Re: Emergency Evac/Reentry Vehicle
  5. Organization: Omen Technology INC, Portland Rain Forest
  6. Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 06:11:16 GMT
  7. Message-ID: <1992Jul23.061116.10969@omen.UUCP>
  8. References: <BrsxMF.GCx@zoo.toronto.edu> <1992Jul22.195944.7431@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <Brt68q.n3M@zoo.toronto.edu>
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  11. Presumably there two reasons for emergency return from the space
  12. station - medical emergency and The Green Slime.  As for the former,
  13. might a Mercury or Gemini capsule do?
  14.  
  15. It might be cheaper to pay the Russians to keep their station
  16. operational and fly Freedom nearby, close enough to provide the
  17. desired redundancy.
  18. -- 
  19. Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX          ...!tektronix!reed!omen!caf 
  20. Author of YMODEM, ZMODEM, Professional-YAM, ZCOMM, and DSZ
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