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From: hsd@uvacs.UUCP (Harry S. Delugach)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: 2-pronged approach
Message-ID: <179@uvacs.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 16-Feb-86 17:26:31 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 16 17:26:31 1986
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Organization: U.Va. CS dept.  Charlottesville, VA
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In article <9400003@ada-uts.UUCP> callen@ada-uts.UUCP writes:

>right way for us to be exploring space. It has seemed to me for a long
>that we could do a better, safer job by isolating the seperate functions
>of the shuttle into two independent but interrelated systems - a PAYLOAD
>launch system and a PEOPLE launch system. 

This makes sense to me. When I first heard of Shuttle referred to as the
"Space Truck", I realized that the size of its cargo bay is comparable to the
cargo space in the ubiquitous 18-wheeler tractor-trailers that haul most of
the goods along U.S. highways. For cargo that's fine, but for hauling PEOPLE,
I surely would rather ride a Greyhound bus.

-- 
Harry S. Delugach   University of Virginia, Dept. of Computer Science
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