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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- Subject: Re: Shuttle a research tool (was: Re: Let's be more specific)
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- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 17:20:30 GMT
- References: <1993Jan1.030602.21051@ke4zv.uucp> <1993Jan2.043524.15196@iti.org> <72827@cup.portal.com> <1993Jan4.015312.6224@cerberus.ulaval.ca>
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- In <1993Jan4.015312.6224@cerberus.ulaval.ca> yergeau@phy.ulaval.ca (Francois Yergeau) writes:
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- >If I build a custom laser in my lab, and then operate it purely
- >as a tool to support my research program, I think I am still doing
- >research. Likewise, when NASA is using the shuttle to fly Spacelab,
- >TSS, Hubble, etc, it's doing research.
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- If you pay Air France to fly your laser to the research site,
- does that mean the Airbus is a research vehicle?
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- >Even a TDRS launch is part of the research effort, since the
- >constellation is used to support various birds doing research
- >missions.
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- If you call someone in New York to discuss your research, the
- call goes via Intelsat or undersea cable. Does that make the
- Intelsat or the cable a research venture?
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