🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <1992Dec29.190820.1850@iti.org> aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer) writes:
>In article <72526@cup.portal.com> BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn) writes:
>
>Nobody puts people into space just for the hell of it. They are there to
>perform tasks. Given that, one can ask what those tasks are and wonder
>if there are cheaper ways to do those tasks. We can also decide if the
>tasks are worth doing at the price we must pay.
>
>I assert that there are no payloads which must fly on Shuttle and are
>worth flying. If you are going to disagree, please do so with a cost
>analysis or your arguement will be meaningless.
>
	If men are part of the payload, the Shuttle is (currently) the
only way to fly!  Now, we could just discontinue manned flight for the
next few years (I won't argue how many) until the wondrous DC-1 is
available, but some folks would argue there's plenty of value in
medical, operational, etc. research and development in the intervening
years.
N.B.: My opinion, your mileage may vary.

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