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- From: roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov (John Roberts)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: Pegasus
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- Date: 28 Dec 92 05:52:46 GMT
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- -From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
- -Subject: Re: Latest Pegasus news?
- -Date: 27 Dec 92 16:42:47 GMT
- -Organization: Destructive Testing Systems
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- -And to think, it was only last year that Pegasus was the net's darling
- -that was going to bring the cost of space travel down to nil. These
- -bandwagons are not only crowded, they also seem to be short lived. It's
- -funny that the flaws only show up when something actually flies.
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- You misremember - the attractive features of Pegasus were low cost for a
- dedicated mission, and, as a small launcher, being representative of what
- startup organizations might use to build up a launcher business.
-
- John Roberts
- roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov
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