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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>
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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.