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- From: sysmgr@king.eng.umd.edu (Doug Mohney)
- Subject: Re: Stupid Shut Cost arguements (was Re: Terminal Velocity
- Message-ID: <1993Jan06.165148.9581@eng.umd.edu>
- Date: Wed, 06 Jan 93 16:51:48 GMT
- Organization: Computer Aided Design Lab, U. of Maryland College Park
- References: <1993Jan4.154842.13841@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1993Jan4.180947.20495@iti.org> <72958@cup.portal.com>,<1993Jan6.025846.15440@iti.org>
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- In article <1993Jan6.025846.15440@iti.org>, aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer) writes:
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- >For station logistics, we should use Atlas(Titan)/Soyuz for crew transfer
- >and Zenith Star HLV's for material. This will save us $2 to $3 billion
- >per year (we can start on the Lunar base with the savings) PLUS produce
- >significant reductions in overall US launch costs.
-
- Uh oh, it's "Kill the Shuttle and tons of money become available" again.
-
- >There is no need to man rate. It adds cost but doesn't affect
- >safety. If it where your money would buy the $70 million 98% safe
- >Atlas or the $90 million 98% safe Atlas?
-
- YOU say there's no need to man-rate. The astronaut community and anyone who
- goes up on it IS going to disagree with you.
-
- I realize you'd like to treat people as another type of expendable, but it just
- ain't so in the Western World.
-
- I have talked to Ehud, and lived.
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