02-01-2003, 08:28 PM
just checked,<br>
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NASA had 5 space shuttles : Columbia (first flight in 1981), Challenger (1982), Discovery (1983), Atlantis (1985) and Endaevour (1991). The Columbia was 22 years old...<br>
Seems indeed rather old for a spaceshuttle. But, i don't know the life-expectancy for such a thing. Also, i don't think NASA sends a spaceshuttle up into space every month or so. So 100 missions in a period of years (10/ 20/ 30 or so), i don't know..<br>
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gr, jeroen <p></p><i></i>
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NASA had 5 space shuttles : Columbia (first flight in 1981), Challenger (1982), Discovery (1983), Atlantis (1985) and Endaevour (1991). The Columbia was 22 years old...<br>
Seems indeed rather old for a spaceshuttle. But, i don't know the life-expectancy for such a thing. Also, i don't think NASA sends a spaceshuttle up into space every month or so. So 100 missions in a period of years (10/ 20/ 30 or so), i don't know..<br>
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gr, jeroen <p></p><i></i>
gr,
Jeroen Pelgrom
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