"Richard" wrote in message
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On 10/10/2012 5:48 PM, the Legend of LAX wrote:

Best 1953 Space Truck ever built...

As a space ship it wasn't all that capable.
Low orbit only.
Even that cost more that it was supposed to.

But I'm going to miss the old crates.

You could hear that thing launch from 50 miles away.

I remember the sonic boom when the shuttle glided on it's approach to the
east coast as it passed over Fort Myers a couple of years ago.

It's too bad that the shuttle never lived up to its promise of provided
cheap transport to orbit. A magnificent engineering feat, but a dead end for
practical economic purposes, I'm afraid.

Cheers,

Indrek Aavisto


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