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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- Subject: Re: Comparative $/lb to LEO (Was: Stupid Shuttle Cost Arguments)
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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 17:24:16 GMT
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- In <C01E43.JIJ@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
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- >It's somewhat more common for the shuttle [to fly with less than maximum
- >payload] only because most shuttle missions are to low orbit
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- Don't forget the Rogers Commission, and the payload-weight restrictions
- it imposed for safety reasons.
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