Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!pilchuck!seahcx!phred!petej
From: petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: launch ratesDOWN 18
Message-ID: <3264@phred.UUCP>
Date: 2 Oct 90 13:08:06 GMT
References: <10195.26fde341@pbs.org> <1990Sep25.033816.16652@zoo.toronto.edu> <10209.26ff5e6c@pbs.org> <1990Sep26.174811.8026@zoo.toronto.edu> <10230.27023455@pbs.org> <1990Sep28.163456.25849@zoo.toronto.edu>
Reply-To: petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis)
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In article <1990Sep28.163456.25849@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
>
>How long do you think it will be before the next orbiter loss?  Higher
>flight rates will make that happen sooner.
>
>Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology

You seem to assume there will be another Shuttle loss. Higher flight rates
increase the *probability* of some kind of accident. Doesn't mean there is
going to be one.

Peter Jarvis.........