Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!maytag!xenitec!edhew
From: edhew@xenitec.on.ca (Ed Hew)
Subject: Re: orbiters
Organization: Xenitec Consulting Services, Kitchener, ON, CANADA
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 90 08:06:43 GMT
Message-ID: <1990Nov05.080643.29287@xenitec.on.ca>
Followup-To: sci.space.shuttle
References: <1990Oct27.220840.3756@zoo.toronto.edu> <4405@disk.UUCP> <1990Nov4.070304.427@zoo.toronto.edu>

In article <1990Nov4.070304.427@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
>You're almost alone; not even NASA agrees with you.  In hindsight it is
>not a very good design.  Apart from anything else, it is far too costly
>and manpower-intensive.
>
>"I don't *want* to be normal!"         | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
>"Not to worry."                        |  henry@zoo.toronto.edu   utzoo!henry

Given that there is room for improvement, are there any alternatives
for a reusable manned vehicle with similar or enhanced capability under
consideration?

  Ed. A. Hew       XeniTec Consulting Services      (519) 570-9848
  edhew@xenitec.on.ca       |      ..!{watmath|lsuc}!xenitec!edhew
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