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- From: aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: Precursors to Fred (was Re: Sabatier Reactors.)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.222349.29804@iti.org>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 22:23:49 GMT
- References: <24JAN199320503892@judy.uh.edu> <1993Jan26.030319.11373@iti.org> <1993Jan26.101810.1@fnalf.fnal.gov>
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- In article <1993Jan26.101810.1@fnalf.fnal.gov> higgins@fnalf.fnal.gov (Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey) writes:
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- >> Spacelab is an experiment carrier. It will tell us nothing about
- >> building large scale structures in space and cannot be considered a
- >> station precursor.
-
- >So what? You are wrong on this one, Allen. Fred is supposed to be
- >some kind of laboratory.
-
- It is to be a number of things. ONE of those things is a lab.
-
- >Therefore it's important to develop a
- >program of experiments and useful techniques, make mistakes, etc. Then
- >when experiments are flown aboard Fred, they won't be starting from
- >scratch and they will have a greater chance of success.
-
- I assert that if the station fails because Spacelab spent the $$ which
- should have gone to proper integration testing then they will have a
- lesser degree of success.
-
- Spacelab tells us something about one of the many uses a station may
- have but it doesn't tells us about building stations. It's like saying
- refrigerator research is an important precursor to house design because
- one of the things people do in houses is cook food. It's true that most
- people want refrigerators in their houses but houses can be built
- without them.
-
- I understand your point but I think you are bluring the distinction
- between an object and what it is used for.
-
- Allen
-
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