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Article #7465Re: Should NASA operate shuttles (was Re: Shuttle a researc
From: Brian Stuart Thorn
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 18:09
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 18:09
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>This would be more than enough to get several companies working on SSTO
>and numerous other alternatives. Soon, Shuttle could no longer survive
>the new cheap competition and it would be replaced.
>
>But this can't happen now since NASA will use Shuttle no matter what.
Although its not the way NASA wanted it, they launched SAMPEX on
a Scout-D, EUVE on a Delta II, GEOTAIL on an Atlas II, and
TOPEX/Poseidon on an Ariane. SeaStar is scheduled for a Pegasus.
This doesn't sound like "Shuttle no matter what" to me.
-Brian
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