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re: Next week's manned spaceflight from Cape Kennedy will be historic...
Posted on 5/22/20 at 9:17 am to Wally Sparks
Posted on 5/22/20 at 9:17 am to Wally Sparks
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Shuttle was designed to be a part of long-term exploration until the budget hacks got to NASA.
The Shuttle orbiters were basically worn out out when we stopped flying them, to continue using them even if the budget was available would have been asking for another disaster. They also never met the original design goals, it was much more expensive to operate,and turn around time between missions was far longer than originally anticipated.
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Posted on 5/22/20 at 9:22 am to EA6B
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The Shuttle orbiters were basically worn out out when we stopped flying them, to continue using them even if the budget was available would have been asking for another disaster. They also never met the original design goals, it was much more expensive to operate,and turn around time between missions was far longer than originally anticipated.
My comment was in reference to the original intent of the shuttles as part of an overall exploration system (that died in the post-Apollo budget cuts of the early 1970s).
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