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From: gelfand@valid.UUCP (Brooks Gelfand)
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Subject: Re: space news from 22 Sept AW&ST
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Date: Fri, 7-Nov-86 13:06:06 EST
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> > >... military shuttle launches using volunteer
> > >military crews should resume *immediately*...
> > 
> > ... I volunteer Henry.
> 
> I volunteer me, too!
> 
> Given some care -- warm weather, careful booster stacking, avoiding high
> pressures in leak tests -- there is no real doubt that unmodified Shuttles
> could be launched with little chance of disastrous failure.  There wouldn't
> be the slightest problem finding qualified volunteer crews.
> -- 
> 				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
> 				{allegra,ihnp4,decvax,pyramid}!utzoo!henry

I agree, finding crews would probably not be a problem. The problem is
we cannot aford to loose any more shuttles. These things are not mass
produced; the lead time to replace one is several years.
They are very expensive. Loose another one and our glorious congress
may not appropriate the money needed to replace it.

Brooks Gelfand