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From: vgfranceschi@watcgl.UUCP (Valerio Franceschin)
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Subject: Re: Escape tower for shuttle orbiter?
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Date: Mon, 10-Mar-86 12:14:24 EST
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> In article <588@qantel.UUCP> lynx@qantel.UUCP (D.N. Lynx Crowe@ex2207) writes:
> >
> >It wouldn't be necessary to have the entire orbiter be detached from the
> >ET and SRB's, just the crew compartment.  The main problem with this, I
> >think, would be in making the crew compartment separable from the rest
> >of the orbiter.  A much smaller escape tower motor could then be used.
> 
>    I hate to sound callous, but I don't see the point of all of this just
> to save the crew.  If you could save the orbiter, that would be great, but
> you are talking about something that has got to cost hundreds of millions
> of dollars just to save the crew.  Doesn't this seem a trifle excessive?
> 
>    -- David desJardins

You don't sound callous, you sound like a neanderthal SAVAGE!

Valerio Franceschin