Re: Future Space Missions

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From: Tom Neff
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1989 05:55

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In article <1989Nov12.001720.6482@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>The only available-now launcher that could do a better job on Cassini
>would be Energia.  The Soviets have no superstitious fear of cryogenic
>upper stages ...

Whoa, neither do we, if we're talking upper stages on unmanned
boosters.  The knock on Shuttle/Centaur was taking that cryogenic upper
stage up on the flatbed of a human crewed truck!  It was the astronaut
office, not armchair critics, that nicknamed it the "Death Star".  Who
got it cancelled?  A couple of guys named Young and Crippen...

Let's take bets on how eager the Soviets would be to take a Centaur up
inside Buran.  Of course THEY could do it unmanned anyway.  And of course
THEY don't even need to since they have plenty of booster power.
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From: tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff)
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle,sci.astro
Subject: Re: Future Space Missions
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Date: 12 Nov 89 05:55:44 GMT
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