Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!news.funet.fi!tukki.jyu.fi!jyu.fi!otto From: otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: LNLL Inflatable Stations Message-ID: Date: 7 Nov 90 16:16:48 GMT References: <3705@mindlink.UUCP> <9011041952.AA17871@iti.org> Sender: news@tukki.jyu.fi (News articles) Organization: Turing Police, Criminal AI section Lines: 15 In-Reply-To: aws@ITI.ORG's message of 4 Nov 90 19:52:00 GMT In article <9011041952.AA17871@iti.org> aws@ITI.ORG ("Allen W. Sherzer") writes: [...] After final testing, the entire Earth Station is deflated and packed into a Delta or Titan derived HLV and launched. The crew follows on a Delta, Atlas, or the Shuttle. They inflate the station and dock. Question: what would the crew go up in, if not the Shuttle ? I was under the impression that the Apollo capsules were the last crew transport devices built before the Shuttle became available. Would some be (re)built for this purpose only ? Sounds expensive... -- /* * * Otto J. Makela * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */ /* Phone: +358 41 613 847, BBS: +358 41 211 562 (CCITT, Bell 24/12/300) */ /* Mail: Kauppakatu 1 B 18, SF-40100 Jyvaskyla, Finland, EUROPE */ /* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */