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- From: BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: Should NASA operate shuttles (was Re: Shuttle a researc
- Message-ID: <73257@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 10:09:08 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <1993Jan7.220739.9367@cerberus.ulaval.ca>
- <1993Jan8.134508.15155@iti.org>
- <1993Jan8.165353.17917@cerberus.ulaval.ca> <1993Jan8.181701.28752@iti.org>
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- >This would be more than enough to get several companies working on SSTO
- >and numerous other alternatives. Soon, Shuttle could no longer survive
- >the new cheap competition and it would be replaced.
- >
- >But this can't happen now since NASA will use Shuttle no matter what.
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- Although its not the way NASA wanted it, they launched SAMPEX on
- a Scout-D, EUVE on a Delta II, GEOTAIL on an Atlas II, and
- TOPEX/Poseidon on an Ariane. SeaStar is scheduled for a Pegasus.
- This doesn't sound like "Shuttle no matter what" to me.
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- -Brian
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