"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message
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"W. D. Allen Sr." wrote in message
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One more Shuttle disaster and Congress will put us out of
the manned space flight business permanently. But NASA will
never give up the Shuttle cash cow it has been riding for
almost half a century for a safer, better industry designed
system.

WDA

end

The shuttle was designed by the aerospace industry, North American
Rockwell
was the prime contractor.

Rockwell Rocketdyne Division designed and developed the main engines.

Rockwell Space Transportation Systems selected to designed and developed
the orbiter.

Martin Marietta got the external tank contract and Morton Thiikol got
the contract for solid rocket boosters.

Jesus, I sometimes wonder how Willshaw remembers to breath.