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- From: prb@access.digex.com (Pat)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: Let's be more specific (was: Stupid Shut Cost arguement
- Date: 4 Jan 1993 23:54:56 GMT
- Organization: UDSI
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- In article <72802@cup.portal.com> BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn) writes:
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- >> Shuttle could have lower costs then NASA currently has,
- >> but it still needs a tremendous infrastructure. The OPF,
- >> the VAB, Tilting bay, the crawler/transporter. Launch towers.
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- > Pat, the SLC-6 facility at Vandenberg did not have a VAB,
- > "tilting bay" (that's ths same as the VAB, though) or a Crawler.
- > SLC-6 reversed the action at the Cape's Complex 39. At 39,
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- Of COurse, given that SLC-6 cost about 5 billion dollars, and was unable
- to fly shuttles, i would call that tremendoous infrastructure.
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- SLC-6 should have had some people shot for that one.
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