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Re: Let's be more specific (was: Stupid Shut Cost arguement

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From: Brian Stuart Thorn
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 18:09
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>In <72956@cup.portal.com> BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn) writes:
>
>>  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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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
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