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From: jallred@bbn.com (John Allred)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Toughness of Boeing craft
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Date: 9 Nov 88 15:12:23 GMT
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In article <5069@cadnetix.COM> eriks@cadnetix.COM (Eriks Ziemelis) writes:
>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.

True, Boeing has a great record.  They do have some current problems,
such as the A-6 composite wing fiasco.

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John Allred
BBN Systems and Technologies Corp.
(jallred@bbn.com)

A truly wise man never plays leapfrog with a unicorn.