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From: Engines Turn or People Swim
The space shuttle is not a good comparison...it's amazingly complicated and the technology in many systems is still bleeding edge even today. Several systems were engineered with razor-thin margins (heat shielding). The thing was almost a ready-made disaster. That's why nasa is returning to more conventional manned systems.
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From: RC-3 Seabee. Skipper of the A21 cutter.


