"Henry Spencer" wrote in message
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downside of this is that not every new widget lends itself to being a
secondary payload, and experimental spacecraft are not common.

Well, in my opinion, this is what NASA's primary mission should be. Not
hauling stuff to a "space station" with a "space truck".
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James Summers
IBM-ret, "old space guy".
Apollo 201, 202, 203, 204, 1, & 9 RTCC Support. Apollo 13 "back room".
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