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To: LindyBill who wrote (24036)	1/14/2004 2:23:00 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) of 793757

2 billion? Waaay under price. Even Zubrin acknowledges a 20 billion price tag for his plan. I've been reading a couple suggestions out there for ditching the Shuttle. I tend to agree. Would save a buttload of money by killing the orbiter. My opinion is the whole quest for a reuseable spacecraft is a waste with the technology we have. The costs of maintenance outstrips the benefits, as far as I'm aware. Spend the money on developing a good heavy lift successor rocket and a Soyuz-type capsule for manned flights. Stop trying to build the Starship Enterprise. NASA should use the Air Force's experience with the Delta IV and Atlas V programs, and ditch the orbiter in favor of modular, cargo-centric rockets. Another idea - government should "license" out the designs and contract out launches to private space firms. NASA management is absurd. I wish we could kill that dinosaur space station, too. $40 billion spent on a "we want a Mir, too!" project. Derek

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