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Article #6880Re: Terminal Velocity of DCX? (was Re: Shuttle ...)
From: Gary Coffman
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 15:23
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 15:23
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In article <ewright.725647824@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes: >In <1992Dec25.002926.4218@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes: > >>Nonsense. The Russians have built no space stations and are having >>trouble raising the funds to operate the one they inherited from >>the Soviet Union. Comparing what was done by a command economy using >>what amounts to slave labor to what's done in an open society where >>people expect to get paid fairly for their work is meaningless accounting. > >Well, Gary, some of us have the theory that free societies are >more efficient than "command economies." Then our launchers should be cheaper than theirs. And what I'm saying above is that indeed I think they are when all their hidden costs are properly assigned. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | uunet!rsiatl!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | emory!ke4zv!gary@gatech.edu
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Newsgroups: sci.space Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!emory!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Terminal Velocity of DCX? (was Re: Shuttle ...) Message-ID: <1993Jan4.152349.10512@ke4zv.uucp> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman) Organization: Destructive Testing Systems References: <h0l2prg@rpi.edu> <1992Dec16.195416.8422@iti.org> <1992Dec17.163212.20944@eng.umd.edu> <1992Dec22.161111.29439@iti.org> <1992Dec25.002926.4218@ke4zv.uucp> <ewright.725647824@convex.convex.com> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 15:23:49 GMT Lines: 23