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Old October 29th 03, 10:31 PM
Tom Merkle
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"Mike Rhino" wrote in message . ..
You try to sell sub-orbital the same way Nixon sold the space shuttle. You
seem to be saying, "If we cancel the existing program and replace it with a
new, more primitive program, we can reduce costs and improve the space
program."


then again, I support a far more technologically primitive program
with bolder objectives. (I think a multi-destination, smaller capsule
is a hundred times better than the narrow-mission clunker shuttle.)

Tom Merkle

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Old November 2nd 03, 01:48 PM
Pat Flannery
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Gene DiGennaro wrote:

While I am inclined to agree with you, I think if I could turn the
Wayback Machine to the time period of 1972-1986, most of us would be
pushing mighty hard for the shuttle (myself included). Yes, we would
miss the Apollo/Saturn system, but I think most of us would miss it
like an old Model T Ford while a brand new shiny 1970's Corvette sat
in the driveway.

That was certainly the way it was sold, wasn't it? Then you found that
what you had just bought had the safety, robustness, and operating
economy of the Zeppelin Hindenburg.

Pat

 




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