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Re: Terminal Velocity of DCX? (was Re: Shuttle ...)

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From: Gary Coffman
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

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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)
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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>
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