George A. Keyworth I1 and Bruce R. Abell, in Technology Review (Oct. 1990), Build-Shuttle ing W59, MIT, Cambridge, Mass. 02139.
The U.S. space shuttle was supposed to open the door to routine, affordable space flight. Needless to say, it hasn't. Keyworth and Abell, both researchers at the Hudson Institute, argue that it was "doomed from the start. The shuttle is too costly, too com- plex, and too inflexible to support today's space access needs." Scrap it, they urge, and instead pump...