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- From: aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer)
- Subject: Re: Shuttle replacement
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.192016.311@iti.org>
- Organization: Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow
- References: <BxxDL7.9Ly@zoo.toronto.edu> <1992Nov19.144842.23088@iti.org> <70y1pmf@rpi.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:20:16 GMT
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- In article <70y1pmf@rpi.edu> kentm@aix.rpi.edu (Michael V. Kent) writes:
-
- >>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.
-
- >Then why do you propose that the U. S. government build Delta Clipper?
-
- I don't.
-
- I do propose that government build the DC-Y which is a research vehicle
- and not an operational vehicle. I believe that the operational Delta
- Clipper should be build with private funds.
-
- Even here you will note that great care is going to find the agency to
- build DC-Y. Using conventional procurement practices nither NASA nor
- DoD could build DC-Y. However, SDIO and a few sections within DoD
- are open enough to execute the program.
-
- Allen
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