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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!torn!nott!bnrgate!bcars664!bcarh11a!hwt
  2. From: hwt@bcarh11a.BNR.CA (Henry Troup)
  3. Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
  4. Subject: Re: STS-1 DISASTER/COVERUPy
  5. Message-ID: <18330@bcars664.bnr.ca>
  6. Date: 4 Jan 93 13:19:38 GMT
  7. References: <1992Dec15.205959.2845@cnsvax.uwec.edu> <1992Dec19.090259.2203@ccsvax.sfasu.edu>
  8. Sender: news@bcars664.bnr.ca
  9. Reply-To: Henry.Troup@BNR.CA
  10. Distribution: world
  11. Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa, Canada
  12. Lines: 10
  13.  
  14. In article <1992Dec19.090259.2203@ccsvax.sfasu.edu>,
  15. a_willisgt@ccsvax.sfasu.edu writes
  16. |>much more cost effective than the $35 million-or-so-per-flight that this 
  17. |>sub-orbital shuttle of yours would cost.
  18.  
  19. Plus the 747 airframe, crew, and modifications.  One could not expect
  20. the carrier aircraft to survive a launch of orbiter from its back.
  21.                        
  22. Henry Troup - H.Troup@BNR.CA (Canada) - BNR owns but does not share my opinions
  23.            Legislated morality is the enemy of true morality
  24.