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- From: aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer)
- Subject: Re: Should NASA operate shuttles (was Re: Shuttle a research tool)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.134508.15155@iti.org>
- Organization: Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow
- References: <1993Jan7.161638.6125@cerberus.ulaval.ca> <1993Jan7.180422.3473@iti.org> <1993Jan7.220739.9367@cerberus.ulaval.ca>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 13:45:08 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan7.220739.9367@cerberus.ulaval.ca> yergeau@phy.ulaval.ca (Francois Yergeau) writes:
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- >>So what is so special about human space flight?
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- >The market, for one thing. Spin off shuttle to the private sector, and
- >you're likely to get at most one provider, and one buyer (NASA).
-
- Nonsense. Run KSC like an airport and Shuttle like an airliner. There is
- no reason that several companies couldn't buy Shuttles and lease the
- hanger facilities like any other airport.
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- The market is small because NASA keeps it small.
-
- Allen
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