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From: bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Toughness of Boeing craft
Message-ID: <14864@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
Date: 10 Nov 88 15:53:22 GMT
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jallred@hellcat.BBN.COM (John Allred) writes:
+>
+>Since this is sci.space.shuttle, the question is then: why isn't Boeing
+>building our shuttles?
+
+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!").

I seem to recall one of the original 7 astronauts (Glenn? Shepard?)
recalling his thoughts while waiting for launch.  They were indeed to the
effect that "every last bolt in this mission was supplied by the lowest
bidder."
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