[net.columbia] Spare Part Shortage

alb (04/21/83)

In a study released yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Committee
said that unless NASA was allowed to transfer money from some research
and development projects to the space shuttle program, the agency
will not have enough spare parts to complete 30 launches a year
by 1990.  The Committee said that NASA would have to pirate one
craft to supply parts to another if it was to complete its launch
goals with four space shuttles.