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To: Rokke

Just because you can build it ....does not mean that you should.


12 posted on 04/25/2005 2:35:38 PM PDT by pointsal
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To: pointsal; Rokke
Just because you can build it ....does not mean that you should.

Which is why no one has build a 200 story office tower in New York. Back in the early '80s befor the oil bust, one of the banks in Houston wanted to build a 130 story building in downtown Houston that would be the world's tallest building. The FAA objected, because it would have obstructed the flight path into Hobby Airport (HOU). We're very fortunate that building was not built to that height. First it would have created an even worse glut of office space in Houston just at the time when the economy in Houston was terrible. Second, it would have been a prime target for terrorists on 9-11.

15 posted on 04/25/2005 2:42:59 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
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To: pointsal

this plane doesn't scare anyone? sheesh, i know i'm ignorant of physics but this thing just scares the poop out of me. i like my planes medium, not too big, not too small. and when it crashes the death toll is going to be horrific. not to mention all that luggage wait time you guys brought up. that's reason enough not to get on this thing.


16 posted on 04/25/2005 2:47:55 PM PDT by parmaright
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To: pointsal

Just because you can build it ....does not mean that you should.



Exactly! We could've built the SST but we didn't and we turned out to be right.


33 posted on 04/25/2005 3:45:03 PM PDT by TalBlack
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