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- From: BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn)
- Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle,sci.space
- Subject: Re: SSTO Viability (was: Shuttle replacement)
- Message-ID: <69997@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 19:07:09 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <1e8qk2INNccc@spock.usc.edu> <1992Nov17.181045.29655@iti.org>
- <ewright.722117294@convex.convex.com> <1992Nov19.150400.24961@iti.org>
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- >In <1992Nov19.150400.24961@iti.org> aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer) writes:
- >
- >>Hmmm... this gives me an idea. Maybe the way to sell SSTO to Gore is
- >>to emphasize the non-poluting fuel it uses. Deltas and Titans burn
- >>nasty stuff which wold cause problems in large quantities.
- >
- >Actually, the biggest polluter is the Space Shuttle. (Hydrochloric
- >acid and other byproducts from those big SRBs.)
- >
-
- Yep, lots of nasty stuff in those SRBs. But I can say from observation
- that the wildlife at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, surrounding
- Launch Complex 39, doesn't seem effected one bit. If pollution from the
- SRBs were a serious threat, it should show up there first, right?
- More Bald Eagles and alligators there than most places. Not to mention
- all those fish, snakes, birds, and insects inhabiting the place.
-
- I grew up around there too, and there's nothing wrong (hack hack) with
- me (cough) either. ;-)
-
- -Brian
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