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Article #7326Re: Shuttle a research tool (was: Re: Let's be more specific)
From: Allen W. Sherzer
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 18:04
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 18:04
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In article <1993Jan7.161638.6125@cerberus.ulaval.ca> yergeau@phy.ulaval.ca (Francois Yergeau) writes: >>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. >This has never been demonstrated for manned spaceflight, but may very >well be. So what is so special about human space flight? Do you actually believe that Shuttle is the best that can be done? >But didn't I read not long ago that MacDD would not operate DC? Who would? I understand that American Airlines has indicated some interest. Why not them? 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----------------------+
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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: <1993Jan7.180422.3473@iti.org> Organization: Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow References: <1993Jan7.033118.1652@cerberus.ulaval.ca> <1993Jan7.111550.6043@iti.org> <1993Jan7.161638.6125@cerberus.ulaval.ca> Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 18:04:22 GMT Lines: 24