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From: Henry Spencer
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 06:31
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 06:31
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In article <ewright.726532221@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
>... a typical aircraft
>might fly 400 times before it's declared operational. How
>long would it take to build and launch 400 expendable rockets,
>even if you could afford to?
Turn it around: what does it say about current rocket design, when you
(a) can't afford to test them thoroughly, and (b) couldn't do it in a
timely fashion anyway?
Spaceflight will not become cheap and routine until launchers *can* be
tested as rigorously as aircraft.
This will require changes in design approach, not just streamlining of
procedures and economies of scale.
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"God willing... we shall return." | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
-Gene Cernan, the Moon, Dec 1972 | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry
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Newsgroups: sci.space Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!utcsri!utzoo!henry From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Subject: testing rockets Message-ID: <C0Kq4w.G76@zoo.toronto.edu> Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 06:31:41 GMT References: <1992Dec28.172953.26161@ke4zv.uucp> <1992Dec28.202920.5932@iti.org> <1993Jan1.030602.21051@ke4zv.uucp> <1993Jan2.043524.15196@iti.org> <72827@cup.portal.com> <ewright.726167820@convex.convex.com> <72956@cup.portal.com> <ewright.726532221@convex.convex.com> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 18