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From: peterb@pbear.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: Re: Shuttle external tanks
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Date: Thu, 5-Dec-85 20:05:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec  5 20:05:00 1985
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[cannonfodder for the line eater]

Actually I think many people are missing the point...

	IF construction is to occur in space, then some raw materials have to
be present. I think it would not cost that much MORE to take the tanks all
the way to orbit, and LEAVE them there. Then bring up the parts that have
wiring, ventalation, etc, and live in the shuttle while transforming an
external tank into a larger quarters. Hook the LS/CR (Life
Support/Comminications & Research) section onto the external tank at one end
and pump the free O2 in that tank to a container tank. Then crank up the LS
unit and ramble inside. It should handle the stress of a low pressure
atmosphere without much modification. Then with each launch, haul and adapt
another external tank for more space.

Peter Barada
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