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To: wolfpat
(And is it true that the only reason the solid boosters were used is that they're made in Walter Mondale's district?)

No, the Shuttle wouldn't be able to achieve orbit without them.

20 posted on 07/04/2006 2:54:28 PM PDT by Ichneumon (Ignorance is curable, but the afflicted has to want to be cured.)
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To: Ichneumon

I know they're necessary. But didn't NASA originally want a liquid booster?


66 posted on 07/04/2006 5:05:18 PM PDT by wolfpat (To connect the dots, you have to collect the dots.)
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