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- From: ccoprmd@prism.gatech.EDU (Matthew DeLuca)
- Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
- Subject: Re: Shuttle replacement
- Message-ID: <74964@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 15:13:43 GMT
- References: <69532@cup.portal.com> <dlv1cgm@rpi.edu> <1992Nov16.142949.15445@iti.org>
- Organization: The Dorsai Grey Captains
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- In article <1992Nov16.142949.15445@iti.org> aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer) writes:
- >In article <69532@cup.portal.com> BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn) writes:
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- >>It seems to me that in 1992, Space Shuttle is offering one of the best
- >>returns on investment in the space community!
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- >Atlas and Delta are providing profits for the companies which build them.
- >That means they offer a return on investment.
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- >How can the Shuttle possibly be said to offer ANY (much less the best) return
- >on investment? Shuttle has LOST billions.
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- The measure of the Shuttle's return is in knowledge, not dollars. You know
- better, Allen...shame on you.
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