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From: leech@alanine.cs.unc.edu (Jonathan Leech)
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Subject: Re: Two Shuttles at Once???
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Date: 8 Sep 89 22:02:02 GMT
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In article <3330022@hpindda.HP.COM> mears@hpindda.HP.COM (David B. Mears) writes:
>I quote a couple of paragraphs from the middle of the article.
>	  NASA is putting two shuttles on launching pads for the
>	rescue mission in case of a hold-up for either one.
>	    ...
>	  ``We'd like to demonstrate that we have a dependable
>	spacecraft we can use for routine servicing,'' said Dr.
>	William H. Kinard, chief scientist for the wayward craft,
>	at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.

    I bet they'd like to, considering how overblown their original
claims have turned out to be, but I don't see how having a backup
shuttle demonstrates anything positive about dependability.
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    Jon Leech (leech@cs.unc.edu)    __@/
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