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- From: matthew@phantom.gatech.edu (Matthew DeLuca)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: Rent Mir/Commerical SS Fred not build it.
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 14:11:32 -0500
- Organization: The Dorsai Grey Captains
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- References: <1993Jan27.184307.1@acad3.alaska.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan27.184307.1@acad3.alaska.edu> nsmca@acad3.alaska.edu writes:
-
- >The Russians alreay have Mir up in space, why not used it to build a
- >American/US space station, or build a wing onto Mirt that is for US use..
- >I know Mir is far from ideal, but what is.. Why reinvent the wheel when the
- >wheel is already in Orbit??
-
- Because if you just keep using the same wheel, you never develop better
- wheels. Sure, we can do as some people have suggested and rent Mir and
- buy Soyuzes and use Energia and save lots of money, but the end result would
- be the complete stasis of the space arm of the U.S. aerospace industry,
- coupled with Russian dominance of space down the line.
-
- The short of the matter is that if all you are concerned with is the
- almighty dollar, what you suggest is a good idea. If you are interested
- in a strong U.S. space program, however, it's a losing deal.
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- Matthew DeLuca
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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