Re: NASA Instituting Crowd Control on Shuttle

From: Jorge R. Frank (jrfrank_at_ibm-pc.borg)
Date: 03/26/05

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    "Jeff Findley" <jeff.findley@ugs.nojunk.com> wrote in
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    > "Reunite Gondwanaland" <reunite.gondwana@gmail.com> wrote in message
    > news:ico841139ofpi1f6jthhf9vls3bedopn12@4ax.com...
    >>
    >> "Dusty" is an understatement, by the way.
    >
    > I was waiting for Mary or Henry to respond to this. ;-)
    >
    > The "incredible mess", as Mary put it, has to be the biggest reason that
    > there has only been one landing at White Sands.

    Of course, it's not a factor in this scenario. Remember, we are talking
    about an orbiter that is already *known* to be compromised. Even assuming
    it lands intact, that bird will never fly again. So cleaning up the
    "incredible mess" would become the Smithsonian's problem, not NASA's. 

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