Article View: sci.space
Article #7300Re: Shuttle a research tool (was: Re: Let's be more specific)
From: Allen W. Sherzer
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 11:15
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 11:15
18 lines
1334 bytes
1334 bytes
In article <1993Jan7.033118.1652@cerberus.ulaval.ca> yergeau@phy.ulaval.ca (Francois Yergeau) writes: >But the airlines do not contract out their operations. They procure >planes, and fly them, just like NASA buys shuttles and operates them. >It's certainly proper, legal, and it's not clear to me that doing >otherwise would be beneficial. Commercial launch services cost the government 30% to 50% less then when government buys and operates the system itself. It is therefore very clear that doing otherwise would be very beneficial. Allen -- +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Allen W. Sherzer | "A great man is one who does nothing but leaves | | aws@iti.org | nothing undone" | +----------------------107 DAYS TO FIRST FLIGHT OF DCX----------------------+
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<1993Jan7.111550.6043@iti.org>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!hela.iti.org!awsReferences:
<1993Jan5.211253.20530@cerberus.ulaval.ca> <ewright.726345157@convex.convex.com> <1993Jan7.033118.1652@cerberus.ulaval.ca>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Newsgroups: sci.space Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!hela.iti.org!aws From: aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer) Subject: Re: Shuttle a research tool (was: Re: Let's be more specific) Message-ID: <1993Jan7.111550.6043@iti.org> Organization: Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow References: <1993Jan5.211253.20530@cerberus.ulaval.ca> <ewright.726345157@convex.convex.com> <1993Jan7.033118.1652@cerberus.ulaval.ca> Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 11:15:50 GMT Lines: 18