Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: space news from Aug 15 AW&ST Message-ID: <1988Sep24.214622.26834@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <1988Sep12.032459.25617@utzoo.uucp> <972@netxcom.UUCP> <776@etive.ed.ac.uk> <1631@daisy.UUCP> <1988Sep17.222225.9422@utzoo.uucp> <794@etive.ed.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 24 Sep 88 21:46:22 GMT In article <794@etive.ed.ac.uk> bob@etive.ed.ac.uk (Bob Gray) writes: >>.... Note especially that *any* modifications to >>the tank before launch are going to have to be approved as safe for >>flight, which is a massive headache. > >This is why I specifically mentioned the Shuttle-C and the >proposals to use it to launch the major structural >components of the space station... Given the lack of spares, any Shuttle-C launch carrying major station components is going to have to meet very nearly the same safety specs as a manned launch. It's not going to gain you much. -- NASA is into artificial | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology stupidity. - Jerry Pournelle | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu