hsd@uvacs.UUCP (Harry S. Delugach) (02/17/86)
In article <9400003@ada-uts.UUCP> callen@ada-uts.UUCP writes: >right way for us to be exploring space. It has seemed to me for a long >that we could do a better, safer job by isolating the seperate functions >of the shuttle into two independent but interrelated systems - a PAYLOAD >launch system and a PEOPLE launch system. This makes sense to me. When I first heard of Shuttle referred to as the "Space Truck", I realized that the size of its cargo bay is comparable to the cargo space in the ubiquitous 18-wheeler tractor-trailers that haul most of the goods along U.S. highways. For cargo that's fine, but for hauling PEOPLE, I surely would rather ride a Greyhound bus. -- Harry S. Delugach University of Virginia, Dept. of Computer Science UUCP: ..!cbosgd!uvacs!hsd or ..!mcnc!uvacs!hsd CSNET: hsd@virginia