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From: dave@quest.UUCP (dave)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: TDRS spare?
Message-ID: <363@quest.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 02:23:41 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 24 02:23:41 1986
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> It occurs to me that TDRS is so very important that we ought to
> build one or two spares now that one was lost in the Challenger explosion.
> Perhaps we ought to fit the spares for launch by expendable booster
> if that is possible (is the interim upper stage too large for anything
> other than STS?).

Unfortunatly, TDRS cost ~$100M so I doubt congress will approve
funding for "spares".
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