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- From: BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: Let's be more specific (was: Stupid Shut Cost arguement
- Message-ID: <73258@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 10:09:50 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <1992Dec28.172953.26161@ke4zv.uucp>
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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.
- >
- >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?
-
- I'm lost... what were we talking about here?
-
- But for the record, how long will it take DC-1 to make four
- hundred flights? Much less than an expendable, I'm sure, but
- also alot longer than the 777 will.
-
- -Brian
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