Re: Space Shuttle Folly of Our AgeThe space shuttle.

Andrew Lotosky wrote:

Well, then if the system was completly risk-free people would just
complain that we spent too much on it.


We're making that complaint even now, so this is a safe
prediction.

The problem with the shuttle is not that it is risky.
The problem is that it is uneconomical.  If shuttle
were a factor of ten cheaper to launch, but no safer,
it would be worth keeping around.  If it were a factor
of ten safer, but no cheaper, it would not be.

	Paul
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