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From: peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Soviet shuttle
Message-ID: <2778@sugar.uu.net>
Date: 9 Oct 88 20:49:28 GMT
References: <1988Oct1.224801.11041@utzoo.uucp> <1109@cfa237.cfa250.harvard.edu> <216@obie.UUCP>
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In article <216@obie.UUCP>, wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes) writes:
> In article <1109@cfa237.cfa250.harvard.edu>, mcdowell@cfa250.harvard.edu (Jonathan McDowell) writes:
> (about the Soviet Space Shuttlsky)
> > Aw, c'mon, Henry... I refuse to believe that engineering optimization 
> > forces you to be THAT close in size and shape.

> Oh?  Go line up a Mazda RX-7, a Toyota Celica, and a Porsche 944.  Are
> they all copying each other, or just doing what the wind tunnel told
> them to do?

I haven't had that good a look at the new Celica/Supra, but anyone who
lines up an RX-7 and a 944 and tries to tell me the former isn't a copy
of the latter *has* to be a Mazda PR flack. Try sticking a Corvette, a
Nissan 300ZX, and a Trans-AM in the lineup.

Or switch to mid-engined cars and line up a Fiero, MR-2, and Lotus Esprit.

But, back to the shuttle... I suspect that the similarities are based on
more than just PR. This is an awfully expensive PR move otherwise.
-- 
		Peter da Silva  `-_-'  peter@sugar.uu.net
		 Have you hugged  U  your wolf today?