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Article #7388Re: Should NASA operate shuttles (was Re: Shuttle a research tool)
From: Allen W. Sherzer
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 13:45
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 13:45
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In article <1993Jan7.220739.9367@cerberus.ulaval.ca> yergeau@phy.ulaval.ca (Francois Yergeau) writes: >>So what is so special about human space flight? >The market, for one thing. Spin off shuttle to the private sector, and >you're likely to get at most one provider, and one buyer (NASA). Nonsense. Run KSC like an airport and Shuttle like an airliner. There is no reason that several companies couldn't buy Shuttles and lease the hanger facilities like any other airport. The market is small because NASA keeps it small. Allen -- +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Allen W. Sherzer | "A great man is one who does nothing but leaves | | aws@iti.org | nothing undone" | +----------------------106 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: Should NASA operate shuttles (was Re: Shuttle a research tool) Message-ID: <1993Jan8.134508.15155@iti.org> Organization: Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow References: <1993Jan7.161638.6125@cerberus.ulaval.ca> <1993Jan7.180422.3473@iti.org> <1993Jan7.220739.9367@cerberus.ulaval.ca> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 13:45:08 GMT Lines: 19