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Article #7466Re: Let's be more specific (was: Stupid Shut Cost arguement
From: Brian Stuart Thorn
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 18:09
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 18:09
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>In <72956@cup.portal.com> BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn) writes:
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>> Are you saying that they had not even started production of
>> Pegasus No.2 in April, 1990? Maybe this is true, but it seems
>> a very strange way for OSC to be operating.
>
>They might have had a second, or even a third Pegasus under
>construction when the first one flew. But 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?
I'm lost... what were we talking about here?
But for the record, how long will it take DC-1 to make four
hundred flights? Much less than an expendable, I'm sure, but
also alot longer than the 777 will.
-Brian
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!BrianT From: BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: Let's be more specific (was: Stupid Shut Cost arguement Message-ID: <73258@cup.portal.com> Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 10:09:50 PST Organization: The Portal System (TM) 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> Lines: 25