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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: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 22:30:21 GMT
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- In <72956@cup.portal.com> BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn) writes:
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- > Are you saying that they had not even started production of
- > Pegasus No.2 in April, 1990? Maybe this is true, but it seems
- > a very strange way for OSC to be operating.
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- They might have had a second, or even a third Pegasus under
- construction when the first one flew. But a typical aircraft
- might fly 400 times before it's declared operational. How
- long would it take to build and launch 400 expendable rockets,
- even if you could afford to?
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