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- From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
- Subject: Re: How many flights are Orbiters designed for?
- Message-ID: <C03GxJ.F6E@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 22:53:42 GMT
- References: <725748565snz@chrism.demon.co.uk>
- Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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- In article <725748565snz@chrism.demon.co.uk> chris@chrism.demon.co.uk writes:
- >What is the design lifetime of a shuttle orbiter? ie, how many times is
- >it designed to be reused?
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- If memory serves, they are supposed to be good for 100 flights each.
- Doubts have been expressed about whether they are actually good for
- that lifetime.
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