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Re: Non-"Leading Brand"s here?
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Wed, 4 Nov 1998 21:32:50 GMT
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Matthew Marshall writes:
They did
have it up for sale once and it is technically superior to our own shuttle.

I think that's because theirs was built after America's. US shuttle design was
firmed up using mid-70's technology, as well as some stuff left over from the
60's. I'm not saying theirs isn't good, but it takes quite a bit of cash to
finance start-up, and then still a healthy amount to keep the program going.

Though they might pick it up relatively cheaply, there aren't many countries
who could afford to operate a shuttle.

-Tom McD.

tfn, radiotitan@yahoo.com



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  Re: Non-"Leading Brand"s here?
 
Actually thee design if I recall cost lest to run than our does. I'm willing to bet that china(scary thought) could do it, or Japan but I think that it was more of safety thing because they auctioned off around the time those capsules didn't slow (...) (26 years ago, 4-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Non-"Leading Brand"s here?
 
It's uhh frozen, literally. They keep it in Siberia I think. Personally I think the Russian who decided that had a wee bit too much vodka(1). They did have it up for sale once and it is technically superior to our own shuttle. Jesse Long wrote in (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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