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Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1988 02:03
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1988 02:03
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In article <1988Aug29.172104.10823@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>Then we'll have to ground the shuttle permanently. There is no way to
>fly it without risking loss of another orbiter. The NRC report on
>shuttle frequency put it even more strongly: if the shuttle continues
>flying, another orbiter *WILL* be lost eventually.
Unfortunately, in the wake of the Challenger explosion, no one has done
the necessary *political* work to get the message out to the US public
and Congress that spaceflight entails risks, and there are reasons for
taking these risks. Instead, we've been fed a steady diet of "Safety
first!" messages, and the public has been led to believe that there
will be no more shuttle accidents. What I fear this means is the next
shuttle accident will be the *last* US manned spaceflight, at least for
several decades.
--Ken Josenhans
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!nrl-cmf!mailrus!eecae!nancy!usenet From: usenet@nancy.UUCP (Usenet file owner) Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: space news from July 11 AW&ST Message-ID: <688@nancy.UUCP> Date: 31 Aug 88 02:03:04 GMT References: <1988Aug16.040406.5434@utzoo.uucp> <6137@dasys1.UUCP> <1988Aug29.172104.10823@utzoo.uucp> Reply-To: krj@frith.UUCP (Ken Josenhans) Organization: Michigan State Univ., Computer Lab, Systems Lines: 19