RE: SPACE: Automating shuttle

From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Mon Apr 28 2003 - 01:29:26 MDT

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    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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