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Re: Let's be more specific (was: Stupid Shut Cost arguement

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From: Pat
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:
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>>        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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