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Article #6102Re: Fourth Shuttle?
From: Free speech is a sound investmen...
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1989 02:53
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1989 02:53
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In article <2393@ttardis.UUCP>, rlw@ttardis.UUCP (Ron Wilson) writes... [*] > >Given the record the Japanise have for improving upon products they copy >from others - I would prefer to get the money money up front rather than >try to second guess what they could do with the Soviet shuttle. > >Sad to say: It might cost us less to have the Japanise build the shuttles >for us - unlike US companies, cost and time overruns are the exception >rather than the rule for Japanise companies. Hmm, I kinda like that ideal. Why don't we let the Japanese build a heavy lift boost - ala Saturn-V, then we can get down to business! +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Jim Pflueger(=Jp=)| "Idealism is fine, but as it | pflueger@thewav.dec.com Digital Equipment | approaches reality, the costs | pflueger@swam2.dec.com Costa Mesa, Ca. | become prohibitive" W.F. Buckley | (714) 850-7745 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!decwrl!shlump.nac.dec.com!shodha.dec.com!thewav.enet.dec.com From: pflueger@thewav.enet.dec.com (Free speech is a sound investment) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Fourth Shuttle? Message-ID: <544@shodha.dec.com> Date: 21 Dec 89 02:53:57 GMT Sender: news@shodha.dec.com Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, SWS, Costa Mesa, Calif. Lines: 19