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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: more 747 drop tests?
Message-ID: <1989May13.064840.11665@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1989May8.033250.18780@utzoo.uucp> <15988@bellcore.bellcore.com> <1989May9.014323.13717@utzoo.uucp> <1287@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM>
Date: Sat, 13 May 89 06:48:40 GMT

In article <1287@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM> johnson@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Wayne D. T. Johnson) writes:
>Why should NASA take the time and expense to drop the Enterprise when it can
>do the tests with an actule mission thats already paid for?

More tests sooner, plus the ability to run tests in varying conditions
without increasing the risk of losing a nearly-irreplaceable real orbiter.
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