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From: rogers@wlf.isi.edu (Craig Milo Rogers; FAST)
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Subject: Re: Soviet shuttle
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Date: 6 Oct 88 02:58:54 GMT
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Regarding why the soviets, with Energia, would want a Shuttle:
they need it, not to *launch* large payloads, but to *retrieve* them.