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- From: ruca@pinkie.saber-si.pt (Rui Sousa)
- Subject: Re: A new orbiter? (dont think so--was Re: National Space Plane)
- Organization: SABER - Sistemas de Informacao, Lda.
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 11:05:21 GMT
- Message-ID: <RUCA.92Aug27110521@pinkie.saber-si.pt>
- In-Reply-To: henry@zoo.toronto.edu's message of Wed, 26 Aug 1992 23: 31:43 GMT
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- Sender: ruca@pinkie.saber-si.pt (Rui Sousa)
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- In article <BtM6oy.p6@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
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- Although I composed that set of specs without any preconceived notion of
- how it was going to come out, I note with interest that it's pretty close
- to the long-term growth path originally intended for the Saturn I / Apollo
- combination... Sigh, the Road Not Taken...
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- Sigh, indeed. It really seems LEO will never be reason enough to a *real*
- commitment to space. If we want tens+ astronauts in space on a permanent
- basis, I think Near Earth Asteroids would provide the impetus. When politicians
- really start to read all the stuff published on the economics of NEA exploiting
- (by the way it *really* is worthwhile, isn't it?) maybe we'll see something.
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- That's my part of the dream.
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- *** Infinity is at hand! Rui Sousa
- *** If yours is big enough, grab it! ruca@saber-si.pt
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- All opinions expressed here are strictly my own
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