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

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From: Allen W. Sherzer
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 14:05
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In article <1993Jan10.171824.25105@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman) writes:

>>Why does this have to wait for Freedom?  We could do that right now.  
>>In fact, we'd save money launching Freedom on Energia instead of Shuttle.

>The *redesign* (yet again) of Freedom required for it to be launched
>by Energia would very likely cost more than any launch cost savings
>that might be achieved.

An internal NASA group examining that posibility a year ago came fo the
opposite conclusion. They concluded that assembly costs could be cut
in half if the orbit was changed to 51 degrees and Energia was used.

   Allen
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From: aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer)
Subject: Re: Let's be more specific (was: Stupid Shut Cost arguements)
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