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From: cunniff@hpfcso.HP.COM (Ross Cunniff)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Minimum Shuttle Crew Size
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Date: 10 Nov 89 18:49:25 GMT
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> After watching Mission Impossible, my son asked:  What is the smallest
> number of people it would take to successfully crew a USA shuttle
> flight?  

I don't know for sure, but Columbia had two astronauts aboard for its
first launch.  I suspect that is the minimum (or are you talking
about ground crew?  If so, the number is in the hundreds...)

> Henry Melton ...!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!hutto!henry
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				Ross Cunniff
				Hewlett-Packard Colorado Language Lab
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