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From: melkor@wpi.WPI.EDU (A Soldier Of God)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: The shuttle is destroying the ozone layer?
Message-ID: <1990Oct25.085259.21782@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Date: 25 Oct 90 08:52:59 GMT
References: <10314.2711c063@pbs.org> <1990Oct10.221645.29969@pmafire.UUCP> <1990Oct19.022310.14985@midway.uchicago.edu>
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Well, there is a very good scapegoat for the ozone problem of the STS SRMs,
back in the early 70s, Casper Wienberger was assigned the responsibility of
advising Nixon what type of shuttle would be flown. Good old Cap decided to go
for the cheap design and production and expensive maintenance idea of the SRM
boosters. The other idea on the table at the time was a LOX re-usable system
including re-usable tanks. Had he done the intelligent thing and recommended
the LOX design, not only would the launch system be cheaper in the long run,
but would have been much less of a polluter.

Another example of political influence over winning out over common sense.

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