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- From: aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer)
- Subject: Re: Shuttle replacement
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.144842.23088@iti.org>
- Organization: Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow
- References: <69649@cup.portal.com> <1992Nov18.134348.16504@iti.org> <BxxDL7.9Ly@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:48:42 GMT
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- In article <BxxDL7.9Ly@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
-
- >>The US shouldn't be putting it's money into the design of ANY expendable
- >>launcher. We have done that for too long and it's hasn't reduced launch
- >>costs by a dime.
-
- >Actually, this isn't a very sound argument.... [Henry goes on to say
- >that it hasn't been tried and examples from China and Russia show it
- >CAN be a lot cheaper]
-
- Allow me to rephrase: NASA has shown that it cannot execute large multi-year
- multi-billion $$ projects in a cost effective manner. Some blame for this
- goes to Congress, and some to NASA. Asking them to do it again will simply
- waste more money and delay the creation of a spacefaring civilization.
-
- I don't doubt that much cheaper expendables CAN be build (Zenith Star
- launchers for example cut costs in half). I simply don't believe that the US
- government can build them.
-
- Allen
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