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- Path: sparky!uunet!hela.iti.org!aws
- From: aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer)
- Subject: Re: How many flights are Orbiters designed for?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.171539.9059@iti.org>
- Organization: Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow
- References: <neff.14.725817375@iaiowa.physics.uiowa.edu> <725984212snz@chrism.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 17:15:39 GMT
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- In article <725984212snz@chrism.demon.co.uk> chris@chrism.demon.co.uk writes:
-
- >What's due to replace the shuttle in 2007 - the DC?
-
- NASA people have been responsible for two attempts to kill the DC
- program. However, Goldin hasaid that if it works, they will use
- it.
-
- >I *sincerely* hope
- >that the shuttle fleet won't be "run down" in anticipation of a 2007
- >cut-off, regardless of whether or not a replacement is *actually*
- >available by then!
-
- That's the rub. Shuttle and NASA procurement process are both so expensive
- that there simply isn't any money available for NASA to develope a
- replacement.
-
- >If NASA's historical record is anything to go by,
- >a replacement due to enter service in 2007 is unlikely to be ready by
- >then....
-
- DC could be available long before then *IF* we can get DoD to fund the
- proof of concept vehicle.
-
- Allen
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