From: henry@spsystems.net   
      
   In article <20040405234347.14438.00000720@mb-m10.aol.com>,   
   Allen Meece  wrote:   
   >   If Constellation is a gumdrop-shaped spacecraft, it'll never be applicable   
   >to civilian efforts for CATS because it'll need a darn chase boat to pick it   
   up   
   >and then salt water removal, etc. Useless for NGO's.   
      
   It's useless for them anyway.  It's a *government* *project*.  And there   
   is no reason to believe that it will be either reusable or particularly   
   cheap.   
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