From: dietz@dls.net   
      
   Thomas Schoene wrote:   
      
   > But titanium the metal was fairly rare, and unfortunately concentrated in   
   > other places (the Soviet Union, South Africa, etc.) where it was not easy   
   > for the United States to get it at a reasonable price.   
      
   Huh?  Titanium the metal is common wherever you want to make it.   
   It doesn't occur at all in nature.   
      
   What may have been short was *refining capacity* in the US,   
   but that's obviously not an insurmountable obstacle.   
      
   	Paul   
      
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