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To: cunning_fish

Well lets see we lost 2 out of what 5 Shuttles that is kinda risky


3 posted on 06/16/2010 6:18:12 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom sarc ;))
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To: al baby
Well lets see we lost 2 out of what 5 Shuttles that is kinda risky

Speaking from memory here, but I believe the Shuttle was designed with a 98% reliability rating. With two failures in 132 missions the reliability is working out slightly better than designed.

7 posted on 06/16/2010 6:31:06 AM PDT by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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