Re: Space Shuttle commentary


"www.spaceboot.eu" <andyhenospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,
I would like your comments on the following article:
http://www.spaceboot.eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=47
thanks, Andy

Full of typos and errors.

Repeats the first paragraph twice for no apparent reason.

Examples of errors:

One could argue that 6 airframes where built:
STA-99 which became OV-99
OV-101 Enterprise which never flew into space but was built to be
spaceworthy
OV-102 Columbia
OV-103 Discovery
OV-104 Atlantis
OV-105 Endeavour

It's not accurate to say "The shuttle has become agigantic (sic) cargo
ship..." it was designed that way. It hasn't become that since built which
is the way that reads.

The MLP is the pad.


You make several claims without any clear backing for them.

For example, "... but the ideal cargo ship is an automated and unmanned one:
it costs less, weighs less and is expandable.'
Why? Name one case on earth where that's true? All cargo ships have crews,
as do all cargo aircraft.

"I suppose one could build a new shuttle in 6 months, no? " Umm, no you
couldn't.

"...but has been proven necesarry and ineffective none the less." How has
it been proven to be ineffective?


That's just a smackling of thoughts.






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