I doubt it: 1. This is being hyped as the fastest-ever human lauch. I would think an extra passenger would significantly impact the launch performance with regards to that. 2. On the following page, it shows a large fairing that contains the Centaur as well as the payload: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av010/051102atlas5rocket.html 3. "U.S. Government" -- since NASA is a government agency, I that maybe the idea was to distinguish this launch from commercial comsat launches. Those are my two cents. Ed Cannon - Austin, Texas, USA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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