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- Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!emory!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary
- From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
- Subject: Re: Terminal Velocity of DCX? (was Re: Shuttle ...)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.010342.4592@ke4zv.uucp>
- Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
- Organization: Destructive Testing Systems
- References: <71695@cup.portal.com> <1992Dec15.134224.14502@iti.org> <71781@cup.portal.com> <1gt36dINNq3h@mirror.digex.com> <1992Dec20.195520.3587@ke4zv.uucp> <ewright.725060424@convex.convex.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 01:03:42 GMT
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- In article <ewright.725060424@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
- >In <1992Dec20.195520.3587@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes:
- >
- >>It'll still be more cost effective to assemble and test
- >>the bulk of space payloads on the ground and boost them to orbit
- >>on larger capacity launchers, especially if some effort is put into
- >>designing a heavy lifter for low labor costs.
- >
- >Just as it's more cost-effective to assemble and test
- >office buildings at a central factory, then ship them
- >to the worksite. Especially if some effort is put into
- >designing a heavy freighter for low costs. ;-)
-
- Indeed, modular housing units *are* cheaper than stick built
- housing. Most industrial construction utilizes modular building
- systems. Some builders are now using modular sections for
- multi-story office structures. The problems with widespread
- adoption of these methods isn't technical or economic, it's
- archaic building codes. Would you prefer that UAW workers
- show up in your driveway and build your new Buick, or would
- you rather pay a hundred times less for one from a factory?
-
- Gary
-
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