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From: ahiggins@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Toughness of Boeing craft
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Date: 12 Nov 88 17:23:00 GMT
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From bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu:
> 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."

I think you are referring to a quote of John Young.  When asked what it felt
like before an Apollo launch, he replied, "You're lying on your back...thirty-
five stories in the air...on top of six million pounds of parts and fuel...
all submitted by the lowest bidder."
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