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From: urjlew@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Rostyk Lewyckyj)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: New BURAN launch date
Summary: Idle curiosity
Keywords: I heard 20 days
Message-ID: <5754@ecsvax.uncecs.edu>
Date: 5 Nov 88 23:17:01 GMT
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Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
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Completely non technical & highly political!
  
Which launch date should the Soviets choose for the maximum
political benefit from the event?
Should they choose a date likely to produce a low news profile
so that the US would be unlikely to increase its space effort,
and thus they could build up their lead?
Or should they try for a high profile date close after the US  
elections in order to pose a problem for the president elect
before he is securely enthroned?