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Article #6993Re: Let's be more specific (was: Stupid Shut Cost arguement
From: Pat
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 23:54
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 23:54
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In article <72802@cup.portal.com> BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn) writes: > >> Shuttle could have lower costs then NASA currently has, >> but it still needs a tremendous infrastructure. The OPF, >> the VAB, Tilting bay, the crawler/transporter. Launch towers. >> > > Pat, the SLC-6 facility at Vandenberg did not have a VAB, > "tilting bay" (that's ths same as the VAB, though) or a Crawler. > SLC-6 reversed the action at the Cape's Complex 39. At 39, > Of COurse, given that SLC-6 cost about 5 billion dollars, and was unable to fly shuttles, i would call that tremendoous infrastructure. SLC-6 should have had some people shot for that one. .
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!digex.com!prb From: prb@access.digex.com (Pat) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: Let's be more specific (was: Stupid Shut Cost arguement Date: 4 Jan 1993 23:54:56 GMT Organization: UDSI Lines: 23 Message-ID: <1iaiogINN8bv@mirror.digex.com> References: <1993Jan1.030602.21051@ke4zv.uucp> <1i2lnqINN50b@mirror.digex.com> <72802@cup.portal.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.com