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From: bob@etive.ed.ac.uk (Bob Gray)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: What if...
Message-ID: <1627@etive.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 23 Mar 89 16:55:27 GMT
References: <18730@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> <1989Mar21.183948.1174@utzoo.uucp> <5042@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: bob@etive.ed.ac.uk (Bob Gray)
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In article <5042@cbnews.ATT.COM> nak@cbnews.ATT.COM (Neil A. Kirby) writes:
>[Henry explains that we couldn't get a shuttle up in time, and that Mir
>is too far away]
>
>    What you *might* see is a Soyouz [sp] launch.  Or whatever it is that
>    the Soviets use as their people taxi.

It wouldn't surprise me is there wasn't a set of plans
somewhere in the soviet space centres dealing with exactly
this possibility.

They have enough launchers at different stages of assembly
that diverting one and launching a spare re-entry capsule on
it would at least be feasible.

It would also be a big propaganda victory for the soviets.

Even more so when they produce the bill.
Five tickets at $10 Million each.... Plus service charge...
Plus callout fee...
	Bob.