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- From: nsmca@acad3.alaska.edu
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: Shuttle safety margins
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.192341.1@acad3.alaska.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 03:23:41 GMT
- Article-I.D.: acad3.1993Jan26.192341.1
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- Organization: University of Alaska Fairbanks
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- I know one thing a military arcraft will not fly (routine flights) in many
- conditions that a commerical airctaft will fly..
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- I actually think that Kennedy is a bad place for a Space Port and that the
- Shuttle could fly alot more times that what is has. They are just to cautious
- due to the fact that the Shuttle is just to expensive, also it is under more
- scruteny than the normal 747. Also the Commerical liner has a schedule to meet,
- also it just migth have better I think that if the DC-X flys, it will quickly
- become commercialized.
- Nice to see scheduled airline flights into orbit....
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- Other thing is that Military Aircraft are also dependent public and also
- congressional views/needs..
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- REF: 747 versus C5 competition, 747 was competing with the what is now called
- the C5, the C5 won and 747 became a major airliner with a good record.
- One of the standard possible reasons for the C5 getting picked was more due to
- the fact that the Congressmember who had the finger on the ppurse strings was
- from the home state of Lockheed, which was going thru a hard times job wise..
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- So maybe the Shuttle is here because of more than need for space
- but of economics?? and power plays..
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-
- Michael Adams
- Alias: Morgoth/Ghost Wheel
- nsmca@acad2.alaska.edu
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