On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 14:59:17 +0100, "wijsneus" wrote:


[...]


"Following the loss of the space shuttle Columbia in February last year, all
shuttle fights will now be to the International Space Station (ISS).
This is so that the shuttle crew have a lifeboat in space if there are any
problems."


err... So the purpose of the shuttle is to fly to the ISS, and the
pupose of the ISS is to be a lifeboat for the shuttle?


Nick


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Nick Theodorakis

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