Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sri-unix!MINSKY%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA From: MINSKY%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA Newsgroups: net.space Subject: SPACE Digest V4 #271 Why spacelab died. Message-ID: <12280@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Aug-84 18:16:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12280 Posted: Thu Aug 9 18:16:00 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Aug-84 00:34:35 EDT Lines: 10 At the time it became clear that spacelab would fall in less than two years, I wandered around various NASA centers to see what could be done. Not only was the shuttle late but the remote (telepresence) maneuvering vehicle project was essentially unfunded. But I also got an impression of general unenthusiasm for an emergency rescue effort. True, the thing was worth more than a billion in replacement costs. But I got the feeling in several places that people would rather make a new better one than work on refitting and re-engineering the old one. No one would actually admit to this, but that's the impression I got.