Shuttle/Space Policy Historical Development (Was: What good is the Shuttle?)

Jorge R. Frank wrote:
(Derek Lyons) wrote in
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I think you're being unnecessarily
argumentative here.

So what else is new?

Jorge R. Frank wrote:
Rand Simberg wrote in
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Jorge R. Frank wrote:
(Derek Lyons) wrote in
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I think you're being unnecessarily
argumentative here.
So what else is new?

Yeah, I'd half intended that statement for laughs, kind of like telling
Brad Guth he's being unnecessarily insane, or G. L. Bradford he's being
unnecessarily wordy.

Whoa... Back to the Future again, Rand? Your posting dates are once again
about two hours ahead... did you just move time zones without resetting
your CPU clock?

Probably. I just had a new hard drive put into my laptop, and am
frantically getting software (like Thunderbird, which I'm using for
Usenet, at least on the Windows side--I'll probably set up Pan for
Linux) reinstalled, while also on a cross-country trip. And that's for
a dual-boot system, with both WinXP and Fedora Core 5.

Jorge R. Frank wrote:
Rand Simberg wrote in
:

Jorge R. Frank wrote:
(Derek Lyons) wrote in
:
snip


I think you're being unnecessarily
argumentative here.
So what else is new?

Yeah, I'd half intended that statement for laughs, kind of like telling
Brad Guth he's being unnecessarily insane, or G. L. Bradford he's being
unnecessarily wordy.

Whoa... Back to the Future again, Rand? Your posting dates are once again
about two hours ahead... did you just move time zones without resetting
your CPU clock?

Or that I'm being unnecessarily concise?

On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 00:20:37 -0500, Jorge R. Frank wrote:

Pat Flannery wrote:

Smaller payload, smaller cargo bay, no SRBs.

Eliminate the cargo bay altogether, shrink the overall vehicle
appropriately, give it an X-plane number and a set of flight test
objectives, and I'm sold.

No no no... a small cargo bay specifically for
dealing with cargo-handling gear, issues, and
tests... stuff that future commercial,
exploration, or military craft will have to
deal with.

No satellites or other "outside" experiments
that will "make or break" any particular
mission... just X-cargo

--
Chuck Stewart
"Anime-style catgirls: Threat? Menace? Or just studying algebra?"

Jorge R. Frank wrote:

Eliminate the cargo bay altogether, shrink the overall vehicle
appropriately, give it an X-plane number and a set of flight test
objectives, and I'm sold.


FDL 5:
http://www.hitechweb.szm.sk/liftingb...s/image027.jpg
http://www.hitechweb.szm.sk/liftingb...files/FDL1.jpg
http://www.hitechweb.szm.sk/liftingb...files/FDL3.jpg
http://www.hitechweb.szm.sk/liftingb...files/FDL2.jpg

Pat