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- From: rbw3q@rayleigh.mech.Virginia.EDU (Brad Whitehurst)
- Subject: Re: Stupid Shut Cost arguements (was Re: Terminal Velocity
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.154842.13841@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Virginia
- References: <1992Dec28.154624.1000@iti.org> <72526@cup.portal.com> <1992Dec29.190820.1850@iti.org>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 15:48:42 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.190820.1850@iti.org> aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer) writes:
- >In article <72526@cup.portal.com> BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn) writes:
- >
- >Nobody puts people into space just for the hell of it. They are there to
- >perform tasks. Given that, one can ask what those tasks are and wonder
- >if there are cheaper ways to do those tasks. We can also decide if the
- >tasks are worth doing at the price we must pay.
- >
- >I assert that there are no payloads which must fly on Shuttle and are
- >worth flying. If you are going to disagree, please do so with a cost
- >analysis or your arguement will be meaningless.
- >
- If men are part of the payload, the Shuttle is (currently) the
- only way to fly! Now, we could just discontinue manned flight for the
- next few years (I won't argue how many) until the wondrous DC-1 is
- available, but some folks would argue there's plenty of value in
- medical, operational, etc. research and development in the intervening
- years.
- N.B.: My opinion, your mileage may vary.
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- Brad Whitehurst | Aerospace Research Lab
- rbw3q@Virginia.EDU | We like it hot...and fast.
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