Re: Fourth Shuttle?

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From: Henry Spencer
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1989 04:48

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In article <14990@bfmny0.UU.NET> tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff) writes:
>>1755 EST, Dec 14, 1972:  human 
>>exploration of space terminates
>
>After all, why send humans when Soviets will do?

Send them where?  On death-defying missions into the depths of space,
300km up?  The human *exploration* of space ended with Apollo 17.  Low
Earth orbit was quite well explored rather earlier.
-- 
1755 EST, Dec 14, 1972:  human |     Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
exploration of space terminates| uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu

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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Fourth Shuttle?
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