Re: Here We Go Again!



simberg.interglobal@xxxxxxxxx (Rand Simberg) wrote:

:On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 10:02:18 -0700, in a place far, far away, surfduke
:<surfduke2001@xxxxxxxxx> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such
:a way as to indicate that:
:
:>What I was getting at is:
:>
:>The Shuttle design, & construction got all criss-crossed, when the Air
:>Force started helping with funding.
:
:The Air Force never helped with funding the Shuttle.
:
:>That is when the escape rockets,
:>(and burn cord), got thrown out, (as well as many other items that got
:>in the way of the lbs. to orbit target)).
:
:No, that happened when the requirements (some of which were driven by
:the Air Force) grew to exceed the available development funding.
:

You're being just slightly disingenuous here, don't you think? Just
why did the Shuttle *have* any requirements driven by the Air Force,
Rand?


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