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Why not two?

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Marshall Karp - 26 Sep 2005 14:40 GMT
Couldn't you cut the risks in half by sending two missions at the same time?
Send two person crews on each, though the CEV can accommodate four for
double redundancy?
Damon Hill - 26 Sep 2005 19:19 GMT
> Couldn't you cut the risks in half by sending two missions at the same
> time? Send two person crews on each, though the CEV can accommodate
> four for double redundancy?

Twice the complexity, twice as many systems to fail, times x.

Twice the cost, too.

--Damon
 
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