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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- Subject: Re: Let's be more specific (was: Stupid Shut Cost arguement
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- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 17:17:00 GMT
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- In <72827@cup.portal.com> BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn) writes:
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- > As Gary and I pointed out, Pegasus really started slipping after
- > maiden flight... about eighteen months between flights 2 and 3, to
- > be precise. That DC-X has slipped little prior to maiden flight is
- > a good sign, but hardly justifies such smugness.
-
- Well, after the first Pegasus flight, they had to build another one.
- Not because it failed, but because it worked. Unless something
- catastrophic happens on the first test flight, you won't have to
- build another DC-X before the second one.
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