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From: jmckerna@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (John McKernan)
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: space news from April 3 AW&ST
Message-ID: <11316@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Date: 12 May 89 07:10:33 GMT
References: <1989May11.050951.11130@utzoo.uucp> <136@enuxha.eas.asu.edu>
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In article <136@enuxha.eas.asu.edu> kluksdah@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Norman C. Kluksdahl) writes:
>Why the *(&) did we throw away Saturn V????

We threw away the Saturn V because it was a very expensive, virtually hand
built rocket that was thrown away after every use. The idea of a reusable
rocket is really very sound in theory, although it turns out to be a bit
difficult to execute (especially by a government bureaucracy). With 20/20
hindsight a big dumb booster made with relatively low performance parts was
probably the way to go.

John L. McKernan.                    Student, Computer Science, Cal Poly S.L.O.
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