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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: heavy launchers
Message-ID: <1989May17.172114.20151@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1989May11.050951.11130@utzoo.uucp> <136@enuxha.eas.asu.edu> <11316@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> <1989May13.201437.23217@utzoo.uucp> <11401@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> <1989May15.171856.2563@utzoo.uucp> <11483@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Date: Wed, 17 May 89 17:21:14 GMT

In article <11483@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> jmckerna@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (John McKernan) writes:
>2. While congress refused to fund a true Saturn production line, it was 
>   certainly possible for congress to restart Saturn production when post
>   Apollo launchers were being considered.

In theory.  In practice, the costs of the restart rise steadily with the
length of the shutdown... especially when the shutdown decision was not
"stop production for now" but "there will be no further production".
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