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Thread: Japan's 'Spaceguard' CentTo Track Celestial Clutter
# 16173 byJustin on Dec. 12, 2001, 8:42 a.m.
Member since 2022-08-22
> Galileo, Magellan and Ulysses each flew on Shuttle for political reasons, in
> an era when expendables were being supressed to justify the huge Shuttle
> development budget (as part of an agreement with OMB). Each and every one
> of them could have gone on a Titan, or a Proton for that matter.
Now that the Shuttle has been developed, is it cheaper or more expensive
to launch via the Shuttle or via a big dumb booster?
Just curious,
--Justin