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From: pstinson@pbs.org
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: launch rates
Message-ID: <10208.26ff55cf@pbs.org>
Date: 25 Sep 90 17:04:15 GMT
References: <10195.26fde341@pbs.org> <1990Sep25.033816.16652@zoo.toronto.edu>
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In article <1990Sep25.033816.16652@zoo.toronto.edu>, henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
> In article <10195.26fde341@pbs.org> pstinson@pbs.org writes:
>>           1967..1968..1969..1970..1971..1972..1973  TOTAL
>>
>>Saturn V     1     2     3     1     2     2     1     12
> 
> Um, could we get the numbers right?  1969 saw four Saturn V launches, not
> three. 
So.  Add one more launch in 1969.  The average launch rate changes as a result
only from 1.71 to 1.85 and the basic conclusion of the comnparison remains the
same.  Shuttle is beating the pants off the old Saturn V launch rate.  That's a
fact.