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Old 17th Apr 2016, 12:46
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I have the utmost respect t for those working on the project, and I am sure it is a marvel of engineering. But at what cost?

If I had a comparison to bring to mind it would be the Space Shuttle. Another marvel of engineering which did many magnificanr things. However, it was intended as a .space "truck" which would fly with weekly turnarounds and dramatically reduce the cost of access to orbit rendering it routine.

In the event it provided inordinately complex, slow and expensive to turnaround and, in hindsight, brought the US/NASA manned space programme to its knees.
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