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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- Subject: Re: Terminal Velocity of DCX? (was Re: Shuttle ...)
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:50:35 GMT
- References: <1992Dec16.102412.27942@ke4zv.uucp> <ewright.724533084@convex.convex.com> <71877@cup.portal.com> <1992Dec22.160715.28828@iti.org>
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- In <1992Dec22.160715.28828@iti.org> aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer) writes:
-
- >No, it's NASA who is being creative by ignoring billions in cost. BTW,
- >if a private company ran their books the way NASA does they would be
- >thrown in jail for fraud.
-
- Private companies are also bound by their own charters. NASA's
- charter restricts it to research and development. Running an
- operational space transportation system is patently illegal.
- (Even NASA Administrator James Beggs admitted this, back in
- the days when NASA was still talking about selling the Shuttle
- to Boeing.)
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