Re: I think the biggest factor is government verses private industry

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Kim Keller — 7/13/2001 7:28:34 PM (archived)

High technology projects *always* run into problems, whether run by a government contract or by some company's R & D dept. It's the nature of the beast. Expecting one to come in on target is asking for an awful lot that has nothing to do with management. High tech costs money - lots.

-Kim-

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Should the shuttle Columbia be sold, or mothballed? - Jacob Samorodin - 7/12/2001 3:19:48 PM
- tough sell. . . - Justin Kelly - 7/12/2001 7:47:59 PM
  - Re: tough sell. . . - Kim Keller - 7/12/2001 8:35:10 AM
    - ELVs are cheaper to launch than the Shuttle - Gary - 7/12/2001 9:42:47 AM
      - Depends on the payload - Kim Keller - 7/12/2001 10:50:19 AM
- Preserved in cas of loss of one of the others - Raoul - 7/12/2001 4:05:33 PM
  - Makes sense - Kim Keller - 7/12/2001 10:52:24 AM
    - Re: Makes sense - Delbert - 7/12/2001 12:40:08 PM
      - Re: Makes sense - Kim Keller - 7/12/2001 12:59:07 PM
        
        scaled down - Delbert - 7/12/2001 6:28:29 PM
      - actually - delbert - 7/12/2001 12:48:24 PM
- Re: Should the shuttle Columbia be sold, or mothballed? - Delbert - 7/12/2001 9:09:39 AM
  - NASA can ask for whatever it wants - Larry J - 7/12/2001 10:13:17 AM
    - Re: NASA can ask for whatever it wants - Kim Keller - 7/12/2001 10:56:47 AM
      - Covert verses open verses civil - Larry J - 7/13/2001 1:54:56 PM
        
        Re: Covert verses open verses civil - Kim Keller - 7/13/2001 5:01:35 PM
        
        I think the biggest factor is government verses private industry - Larry J - 7/13/2001 7:01:53 PM
        
        Re: I think the biggest factor is government verses private industry - Kim Keller - 7/13/2001 7:28:34 PM
        
        My own Rant - Nick Hoffman - 7/13/2001 3:27:35 PM
        
        Mine too! - Robert - 7/15/2001 5:54:48 PM

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