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... House of Representatives, July 21, 1986 "Post 51-L Assessment of Space Shuttle Flight Rates and Utilization," Jerry J Fitts, July 91, 1986 "Johnson Space Center Mission Operations Directorate Flight Rate Capability Study," Gregory J
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... Overton, July 11, 1986 "Potential Impact of the Recent NASA Disasters on the SDI Program," May 23, 1986 National Research Council "Assessment of Constraints on Space Shuttle Launch Rates," Committee on NASA Scientific and Technological Program Reviews April 1983 "The Nation's Space Program After Challenger: The Need for a Reassessment of the Roles of Manned and Unmanned Systems for Launching Scientific Space Missions," the Space Science Board of the National Research Council 6
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... Flora, Vice President, Martin Marietta Denver Aerospace, April 16, 1986 Untitled, Ford Aerospace study assessing the criticality of a "launch vehicle gap" on the commercial and international segments of the satellite business, June 1986 "Atlas for Commercial Missions," General Dynamics Space Systems Division, June 1986 "Launch Vehicle Availability Assessment," General Dynamics Space Systems Division, May 1986 "Reconstitution of Our Space Launch Capability," Statement of Robert h. Hood, Jr., Vice President and Deputy General Manager, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company, Before the U.S.
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... R Scherer, General Dynamics Space Systems Division "Shuttle Launch Rate Assessment," Space Transportation Systems Division, Rockwell International, August 1986 Statement of Mr.
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