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   From: herbschaltegger@thethomasnonsenselawfirm.com.invalid.retro.com   
      
   Richard Schumacher wrote:   
      
   >   
   > Ehh, it's not like a Shuttle flight is a death sentence.  There's a 99%   
   > chance of coming back alive.   
      
   More or less; this is bound to start another statistics debate . . .   
      
   > But hey, if you're squeamish, launch all the service hardware on an   
   > unmanned   
   > Shuttle and send up the service crew later in a couple of Soyuzes.  After,   
   > send the Shuttle on a destructive re-entry.   
      
   Of course, Soyuz probably can't reach HST's operating altitude and orbital   
   inclination from Baikonur.   
      
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   Herb Schaltegger, B.S., J.D.   
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