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- From: aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer)
- Subject: Re: ACRV/Soyuz P # of Passengers
- Message-ID: <1992Aug16.215850.15168@iti.org>
- Organization: Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow
- References: <1992Aug14.152325.29323@iti.org> <14AUG199223295140@judy.uh.edu> <16l0ebINNa5p@agate.berkeley.edu>
- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 21:58:50 GMT
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- In article <16l0ebINNa5p@agate.berkeley.edu> gwh@soda.berkeley.edu (George William Herbert) writes:
-
- > I would think that 62 Atlases with no orders is a pretty
- >strong argument for companies taking risk for potential payoff.
- >Even more significant was the hundreds of millions invested in
- >R&D on the vehicle when the Commercial Atlas startup occurred.
-
- GD and McDonnell Douglas have, between them, invested over a billion $$
- of their own money in commercial launchers. they did it because there
- was a market and a reasonable chance of getting a decent return. Raising
- the money isn't a problem if the market is there.
-
- If we are ever going to go, we need to help make a market, not waste
- money on expensive systems like Shuttle.
-
- Allen
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