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From: mll@aio.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Littlefield)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: New U.S. Space Shuttle Endeavour to rollout (Forwarded)
Message-ID: <1991Apr27.160402.5052@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
Date: 27 Apr 91 16:04:02 GMT
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In article <11918@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>, rwelarat@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (RU1 Welaratna) writes:
|> 
|> >approximately another $0.2 billion on four Space Shuttle main engines.
|>                                        ^^^^
|> 
|> Four engines?  I thought all the shuttle had just three main engines with
|> another two maneuvering (sp?) jets.  Can someone clear this up?
|> 
|> -- 
|> Another stupid opinion from,
|> RU1 Welaratna
|> rwelarat@jarthur.claremont.edu
|> rwelaratna@hmcvax.bitnet

The engines are rotated and occasionally serviced.  You wouldn't want
a system that had no spare parts now, would you?

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