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From: jwm@stdc.jhuapl.edu (Jim Meritt)
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re:  -- Pegasus launch vehicle
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Date: 23 Jun 88 04:17:47 GMT
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In article <2022@ssc-vax.UUCP> eder@ssc-vax.UUCP (Dani Eder) writes:
}"Houston, we just lost the number 4 air revitalizer, could you send
}up a spare, NOW!!??" (no smiley face)


How about toilet paper!!!!!!

}
}With a solid rocket, presumably you could treat it like a big
}missile, and not have to spend more than a few hours prepping it
}for launch.  


Why would not the time spent waiting for the window be longer than "prepping"
if for launch?  If it is like a missle, would not the launch vechicle
ALWAYS be ready for launch?  Unless, of course, you meant time spent
prepping the payload.


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            Therefore, these opinions are mine and not any organizations!
Q.E.D.
jwm@aplvax.jhuapl.edu 128.244.65.5  (James W. Meritt)