Hurricane Frances destroys VAB, shuttle?

That would solve a few problems, eh?

"Richard Schumacher" wrote in message
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That would solve a few problems, eh?

It would put many people out of work, many of whom would have also lost
their homes to the hurricane. As much as I think the shuttle/iss programs
are a colossal waste of money, the damage to these people's lives would be a
*bad thing*.

Jeff
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Richard Schumacher wrote in message ...
That would solve a few problems, eh?

The first Delta 4, along with a Titan 4 and a Delta 2, are
on vulnerable Cape Canaveral pads right now. These, along
with the Atlas 5 launch site, are closer to the beach than
the VAB. If the VAB goes, then it is likely that the
EELV infrastructure that NASA may be counting on to replace
shuttle will go too.

- Ed Kyle

Richard Schumacher wrote in message ...
That would solve a few problems, eh?

The first Delta 4 Heavy, along with a Titan 4 and a Delta 2,
are on vulnerable Cape Canaveral pads right now. These,
along with the Atlas 5 launch site, are closer to the beach
than the VAB. If the VAB goes, then it is likely that the
EELV infrastructure that NASA may be counting on to replace
shuttle will go too.

- Ed Kyle

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 07:19:33 -0700, ed kyle wrote:

Richard Schumacher wrote in message
...
That would solve a few problems, eh?

The first Delta 4 Heavy, along with a Titan 4 and a Delta 2, are on
vulnerable Cape Canaveral pads right now. These, along with the Atlas 5
launch site, are closer to the beach than the VAB. If the VAB goes,
then it is likely that the EELV infrastructure that NASA may be counting
on to replace shuttle will go too.

Much more replaceable, however. Since these are vital national
assets, they will be quickly repaired/replaced as necessary. Though
I am SO looking forward to that first Delta IV Heavy launch this
fall...

At this point however, it's looking like the storm effects won't be
so severe. That also means my sister, who lives near Titusville,
won't be so seriously affected either. That means a lot to me, too.

--Damon

ed kyle wrote:

That would solve a few problems, eh?


The first Delta 4 Heavy, along with a Titan 4 and a Delta 2,
are on vulnerable Cape Canaveral pads right now. These,
along with the Atlas 5 launch site, are closer to the beach
than the VAB. If the VAB goes, then it is likely that the
EELV infrastructure that NASA may be counting on to replace
shuttle will go too.

Better and better! That would create more opportunities for new vendors
such as Space Ex and Kistler.

Richard Schumacher wrote:
ed kyle wrote:

That would solve a few problems, eh?


The first Delta 4 Heavy, along with a Titan 4 and a Delta 2,
are on vulnerable Cape Canaveral pads right now. These,
along with the Atlas 5 launch site, are closer to the beach
than the VAB. If the VAB goes, then it is likely that the
EELV infrastructure that NASA may be counting on to replace
shuttle will go too.

Better and better! That would create more opportunities for new vendors
such as Space Ex and Kistler.


No, it would probably instead mean that the US goverment enters into
long expensive contracts with existing providers to prop them up.

--
Sander

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In article ,
"Jeff Findley" wrote:

"Richard Schumacher" wrote in message
...
That would solve a few problems, eh?

It would put many people out of work, many of whom would have also lost
their homes to the hurricane. As much as I think the shuttle/iss programs
are a colossal waste of money, the damage to these people's lives would be a
*bad thing*.

That's exactly the sort of short term thinking that has got us where we
are now.

It's sad if people lose their jobs. But it makes them available to do
something useful.

We had a lot of this here in New Zealand back in the mid 1980's when we
had a bunch of inefficient industries (TV assembly, car assembly,
clothing manufacturers) propped up by government subsidies and tarrifs
and quotas. A new government got in, declared (in essense) a unilateral
Free Trade Agreement with the entire world, and entire industries went
out of business. Several years later all those people had found *real*
jobs that contributed to the economy instead of subtracting from it.

This does, of course, assume that your country has a reasonable
unemployment compensation system.

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Hoult | 174.8263E | /\ here. | ----------O----------

On 9/2/04 8:41 PM, in article , "Richard
Schumacher" wrote:

That would solve a few problems, eh?

That's about the most ridiculous thing I have heard in years.

Brett