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Article #7660Re: space news from 22 Sept AW&ST
From: Henry Spencer
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 1986 02:51
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 1986 02:51
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> As much as I agree with your sentiment (that shuttle launches should
> resume ASAP), the above makes no real sense, except perhaps politically.
> The $1G HST doesn't add significantly to the risk of losing the $2.5G
> orbiter (certainly not "ten times"!).
I was comparing payloads, not orbiters. Any immediate resumption of
launches clearly demands a commitment to replace any further orbiter losses.
But replacing the HST would be difficult and very expensive; remember that
a new one would probably cost a good deal more than the existing one.
Replacing an orbiter could be justified in terms of strongly-supported
(well, relatively strongly-supported) things like military space activity
and the Space Station. Replacing the HST would be harder. Better we
should launch something we can afford to lose.
--
Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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