Re: How come this hasn't hit the NG yet?


"Herb Schaltegger" <herb.schaltegger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> I'm surprised I haven't seen any chatter about this from the sci.space
> crowd yet.
>
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/17/national/17nasa.html?>
>
> "While the space agency is still studying how many missions the
> shuttles can undertake once they resume flight, as early as next month,
> Dr. Griffin said there could be as few as 15 and no more than 23,
> because of the time it takes to process and fly missions."

There's scuttle*** going about as few as 16 - but then it ranges from we'll
miss the July window and never launch again to Sept. to mothballing Pad A
(which seems odd with all the work going on there now) to 26 flights.


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