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From: eriks@cadnetix.COM (Eriks Ziemelis)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Toughness of Boeing craft
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Date: 8 Nov 88 17:54:43 GMT
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In article <31974@bbn.COM> jallred@hellcat.BBN.COM (John Allred) writes:
>
>They weren't the lowest bidder.  Can you imagine the confidence that
>evokes from the astronauts?  ("Hey, Herb, we're riding something that was
>designed, built, and repaired by the lowest bidder.  Great!").
>____


Who knows, the next generation of shuttles or enhancements to current ones
might be done by Boeing. They have made some big money by fixing other
aerospace companies mistakes. Boeing has a rep for bidding the true cost
for a program, losing the contract, then getting it later to fix the
bugs.


Eriks A. Ziemelis


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