In message , Ray Vingnutte
writes
On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 11:00:39 GMT
Tom Randy wrote:

On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 12:01:41 -0700, Double-A wrote:

Another NASA project crashes and burns!

Another 250 million up in smoke!

So, what else is new at NASA!

Double-A


Hey could you do better?

Well after 40 odd years of space flight yeah I would expect much better.

I suppose having the probe come back to earth on a trajectory that would
have placed it in orbit to be collected by a shuttle was just to
obvious, or more likely just to much extra cost. I'm afraid you get what
you pay for.


Brains are free, and using them is proven to be good for you..
In case you hadn't noticed, there _are_ no shuttles flying at the
moment, and the earliest they will fly is next year. Don't hold your
breath. Even if a shuttle rendezvous was possible, adding the necessary
rocket to enter low earth orbit would have added enormously to the
already impressive cost of the mission, and the added complexity might
have added its own problems.
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