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From: kwh@bentley.UUCP (KW Heuer)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Escape tower for shuttle orbiter?
Message-ID: <627@bentley.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 11-Mar-86 15:12:08 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 11 15:12:08 1986
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In article <418@watcgl.UUCP> wwatcgl!vgfranceschi (Valerio Franceschin) writes:
[ David desJardins writes: ]
>>    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?

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

Do you have airbags in your car?  If not, would you pay a million dollars
to have them installed?  They do save lives.