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"John Steinberg" <seesig@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:010820051245353237%seesig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Dr. P. Quackenbush wrote:
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> > Um, your idea, YOUR homework. My job is not to prove your ideas will
work
> > or not. You bring it to the table, you prove it can work. Those are
the
> > rules of life.
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> No, it wasn't my idea at all. I'm not the OP, Quack.
>
> Frankly, I see no advantage to applying foam in a vacuum when the
> launch site is so pregnant with problematic humidity and the foam
> and/or application thereof is not a suitable material or process and/or
> the existing shuttle design is just too flawed to fix.
>
> You opined that there was a "probable need for increased pumping
> capacity," which indicates you don't know if there is an actual need,
> which finally suggests you were passing the burden of proof forward.
>
> Is there a need? Huh?
I checked with the nice folks at Ames. Yes, there's a need. Thanks for
asking.
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