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From: Greg_d._Moore@mts.rpi.edu (Commander Krugannal)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Fourth Shuttle?
Message-ID: <10556.886.forumexp@mts.rpi.edu>
Date: 16 Dec 89 00:41:00 GMT
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      One reason the Endavour will be finished sooner than normal
   is for some reason NASA had the foresight to order some key
   important spare parts, such as WINGS! As for keeping it open, it
   would make sense to me. A) I think chances are high enough that
   we will lose another orbiter. (As unfortunate as that will be.)
   B) I would not be suprised if we could actually use it! Finally,
   it would make sense that if Shuttle-C is built, keeping a 
   production line open would keep costs down.
 
      Gee, we sell a shuttle to Japan and swap their Mir and a few
   sundry.... nah... they would only copy the shuttle and put us
   out of business.
 
   Greg d. Moore at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
   Greg_d._Moore@mts.rpi.edu
 
   Disclaimer: Why do I need one?