Re: Will space shuttle ever fly?

From: Alan Erskine (alanerskine1_at_bigpond.com)
Date: 10/02/04 

Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2004 08:52:25 GMT

"Brian Gaff" <Briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:Olt7d.1123$xb.915@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> And just how would you propose to get the large oddly shaped bits of space
> station into orbit if you ditched the shuttle now.

Fold 'em, just like they did with Skylab. 

-- 
Alan Erskine
We can get people to the Moon in five years,
not the fifteen GWB proposes.
Give NASA a real challenge
Alanterskine1@bigpond.com

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