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To: Yogizuna who wrote (302)	2/4/2003 8:01:36 PM
From: DWB	Read Replies (1) of 627

it does show us how "ancient" the shuttles truly are compared to what could be done today if we built new ones from the ground up with the latest technology and designs Maybe I wasn't making myself clear. If you need to add 1 + 1 together, you don't need a Pentium 4. You increase your likelihood of failure when you increase the complexity of the system, and they used the older technology because, a) it did the job that was needed, and b) the newer technology wasn't stable enough of a platform to replace it with (until recently). The Space Shuttle is still today the most complex vehicle ever created (even with decades old technology), and any "new ones" built from the ground up will be even more complex (you do know they cancelled the Spaceplane work do to the complexity of building the composite holding tanks, don't you?). Adding new tech. just because Intel or Softie says it's new and improved doesn't make it any better at doing the job it was intended to do. And I'd be just dandy with a vintage 1970's Porsche... let the Russians drive the Aspens... DWB

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