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Article #9039Re: space news from April 3 AW&ST
From: John McKernan
Date: Fri, 12 May 1989 07:10
Date: Fri, 12 May 1989 07:10
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In article <136@enuxha.eas.asu.edu> kluksdah@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Norman C. Kluksdahl) writes: >Why the *(&) did we throw away Saturn V???? We threw away the Saturn V because it was a very expensive, virtually hand built rocket that was thrown away after every use. The idea of a reusable rocket is really very sound in theory, although it turns out to be a bit difficult to execute (especially by a government bureaucracy). With 20/20 hindsight a big dumb booster made with relatively low performance parts was probably the way to go. John L. McKernan. Student, Computer Science, Cal Poly S.L.O. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The future is rude and pushy. It won't wait for us to solve today's problems before it butts in with tomorrow's.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!ukma!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!polyslo!jmckerna From: jmckerna@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (John McKernan) Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: space news from April 3 AW&ST Message-ID: <11316@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> Date: 12 May 89 07:10:33 GMT References: <1989May11.050951.11130@utzoo.uucp> <136@enuxha.eas.asu.edu> Reply-To: jmckerna@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (John McKernan) Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo Lines: 14