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The Usual Suspects
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 13:13:17 -0800 (PST), in a place far, far away,
(Tom Merkle) made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: "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." laughter Very apt comparison. If you don't mind I'm going to steal it for future use. I'll give you credit, of course. It's worth about what you're paying for it... -- simberg.interglobal.org * 310 372-7963 (CA) 307 739-1296 (Jackson Hole) interglobal space lines * 307 733-1715 (Fax) http://www.interglobal.org "Extraordinary launch vehicles require extraordinary markets..." Swap the first . and @ and throw out the ".trash" to email me. Here's my email address for autospammers: |
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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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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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