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Article #6735Re: Stupid Shut Cost arguements (was Re: Terminal Velocity
From: Bruce Dunn
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 00:07
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 00:07
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> Gary Coffman writes:
>
> Shuttle *is* expensive to operate, but it offers capabilities not found on
> any other current system.
>
The apparent high cost per pound of the Shuttle is largely due to
people counting as payload only what is in the cargo bay. If you allow that
the shuttle itself is a payload (in that it acts as a short term orbiting
workstation for manned spaceflight research), the "cost per pound" drops
sharply.
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Bruce Dunn Vancouver, Canada Bruce_Dunn@mindlink.bc.ca
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Newsgroups: sci.space Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!rsoft!mindlink!a752 From: Bruce_Dunn@mindlink.bc.ca (Bruce Dunn) Subject: Re: Stupid Shut Cost arguements (was Re: Terminal Velocity Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 00:07:13 GMT Message-ID: <19116@mindlink.bc.ca> Sender: news@deep.rsoft.bc.ca (Usenet) Lines: 19