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Separate Cargo and Personnel Missions for NASA?

Posted by michael on from the riding-the-rocket dept.

l8f57 writes "Hal Gerham (from the NASA CAIB report) is calling for cargo and people to be separated into different missions. He also goes on about how a re-usable spacecraft may not be the most cost efficient vehicle."

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  1. Maybe, but.... by ChrisHanel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ironically, the astronaut's luggage would accidentaly be rerouted to Topeka.

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  2. Re:Is This Wise? by RevMike · · Score: 5, Funny
    Name one thing that they would need to bring up as cargo, that NASA could not replace....?

    If they sent up DVDs so the astronauts could watch movies, they could not replace them since the MPAA wouldn't let them rip a backup copy before the mission left.