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From: pjs@ARISTOTLE-GW.JPL.NASA.GOV (Peter Scott)
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Subject: Unmanned shuttle advantages (was: Re: alien contact)
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Date: 5 Apr 89 19:01:31 GMT
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 ccoprmd@pyr.gatech.edu  (Matthew T. DeLuca) writes:

>  There's absolutely no use for an unmanned shuttle mission that
>I can think of.  

Well, let's start with the possibilities for additional payload if you've
designed your shuttle so that you can remove the life-support systems
fairly easily (anyone know whether this can be done with Buran?)
And then you can fly missions that are outside the envelope of human
comfort/survivability, e.g. duration (no running out of air), acceleration
(high g forces), radiation (flying during solar flares),... anyone got any more ideas?

Peter Scott (pjs@grouch.jpl.nasa.gov)