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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sol System: [QB] I don't think they're supposed to be, no. But, so what? They're a lot cheaper. And frankly, the space shuttle is only reusable for certain values of the word. It's almost necessary to rebuild the entire craft after each mission. If we can do the same jobs with a cheap and expendable craft, why not? I don't think it is at all harmful to the memories of the Columbia crew, the craft itself, or even to the reputation of NASA (though I don't think we should be worried about the latter) to point out that the space shuttle program has not exactly been a raging success when we take into consideration the original design criteria. The shuttle is not the cheapest way to get payloads into space, not even human ones. It is not the safest. (Though, to be sure, as seats strapped to explosions go, it is very safe.) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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