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- From: kentm@aix.rpi.edu (Michael V. Kent)
- Subject: Re: Hubble
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- Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
- References: <BxqL15.DJ2@zoo.toronto.edu> <wkv102l@rpi.edu> <Bxvs37.3y9@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 06:04:32 GMT
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- In article <Bxvs37.3y9@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
- >
- >I'd say they're being slowly forced out of it because cost bloat has
- >gotten so bad that Congress will no longer tolerate it. They still
- >see small projects as supplements to the megaprojects rather than
- >replacements for them, though; it's only just starting to dawn on
- >them that there won't be any more megaprojects.
-
- Probably an accurate assessment. I'm still not convinced that the smaller
- payloads like ORFEUS, SPARTAN, and CRISTA are worth the expense of 1/3 of
- a flight for 8 to 10 days of observing time. I must admit, however, I know
- very little about them. Would it be possible to leave ORFEUS and CRISTA up
- there for a few months and retrieve them on a later flight?
-
- Mike
-
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- Michael Kent kentm@rpi.edu
- McDonnell Douglas Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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