From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Mon Apr 28 2003 - 01:29:26 MDT
Is the shuttle that screwed that it is no longer safe to put people in it???
Emlyn
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Burch [mailto:gregburch@gregburch.net]
> Sent: Sunday, 27 April 2003 9:47 AM
> To: extropians@extropy.org
> Subject: SPACE: Automating shuttle
>
>
> There's a fascinating article at
>
> http://www.spacedaily.com/news/shuttle-03o1.html
>
> and
>
> http://www.spacedaily.com/news/shuttle-03o2.html
>
> proposing a full automation of the shuttle as a means to make
> the whole
> ISS/STS system more useful and safer. The idea is to use the Soyuz as
> the sole crew transfer system, keeping two on station to increase the
> ISS staffing to six. All heavy transfers would be accomplished by a
> fully automated, unmanned shuttle system. There's a good
> discussion of
> options to address the one required capability -- STS/ISS docking --
> that isn't yet automated.
>
> Greg Burch
> Vice-President, Extropy Institute
> http://www.gregburch.net
>
>
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