As a heavy lift vehicle there's nothing else like it. There was a design for an unmanned version of the shuttle that was for heavy lift, but that got axed too during the Ronnie Raygun years.
larry On 7/26/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nick wrote: > > I think space exploration is a very useful endeavor. I would love to see us > > colonize other worlds. > > > > I agree! I just think the shuttle does squat to further that goal. > > We should work towards a base on the moon similar to the ones on > Antarctica. They should have telescopes, etc and we should be looking > for ways to develop technology that allow humans to easily survive in > those conditions. > > I don't see how the shuttle does anything for anything. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase RoboHelp from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=59 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:166497 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
