Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!purdue!decwrl!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!mcvax!ukc!etive!bob From: bob@etive.ed.ac.uk (Bob Gray) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: space news from Aug 15 AW&ST Message-ID: <794@etive.ed.ac.uk> Date: 22 Sep 88 15:42:55 GMT References: <1988Sep12.032459.25617@utzoo.uucp> <972@netxcom.UUCP> <776@etive.ed.ac.uk> <1631@daisy.UUCP> <1988Sep17.222225.9422@utzoo.uucp> Reply-To: bob@etive.ed.ac.uk (Bob Gray) Organization: Edinburgh Concurrent Supercomputer Project Lines: 12 In article <1988Sep17.222225.9422@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) 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. Including the ET in the design of the station components which make up the bulk of the Shuttle-C means a much larger habitable volume in the final space station, or a much more quickly growing station. Bob.