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Article #8078Re: 95% vs. 99.9% reliability
From: Jay Wooten
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 1988 21:46
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 1988 21:46
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In article <1704@eneevax.UUCP>, kerog@eneevax.UUCP (Keith Rogers) writes:
> Sure the O ring thing had to be fixed, but did it have to kill
> the entire U.S. space program in the meantime?
You can bet the Soviets would have hardly missed a beat in sending up
another one (something they've proved several times in the past).
Isn't it interesting that the space "program" of the (once) pioneering
leader has become so hamstrung by politics and public/media pressure not
to fail, while the otherwise world leader in repressive bureaucracy plods
ahead unflinchingly to world leadership in space.
~ Round the decay of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare ~
~ The lone and level sands stretch far away................. ~
Jay Wooten Los Alamos National Lab ARPA: jkw@lanl.gov
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!lanl!a!jkw From: jkw@a.lanl.gov (Jay Wooten) Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: 95% vs. 99.9% reliability Message-ID: <646@a.lanl.gov> Date: 8 Aug 88 21:46:48 GMT References: <3763@teklds.TEK.COM> <2087@silver.bacs.indiana.edu> <1704@eneevax.UUCP> Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 15