Yes, 100 flights, but they also thought that they would have a 2 week
turn around time, so you'd hit 100 flights after just 4 years.

-Charlie
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 07:42:57AM -0500, Andy Kunz wrote:
> >Also the non electronic parts of the shuttles such as lubricating
> >grease that hasn't been in production for the last 8 years. Struts,
> >beams and other structural components designed for the shuttles
> >original expected lifetime are still in use 20 years later. These
> >components were simply not meant to be in service so many
> >years later.
>
> They were designed for 100 flight cycles.  Columbia only had about 30.
>
> >But it was never expected to last so long.
>
> Calendar years and flight life are two totally different things - like the
> Mythical Man-Month.  Sure, some things deteriorate just with age, but those
> are also checked and replaced regularly on a man carrying vehicle.
>
> WWII airplanes weren't designed to be flying 60 years later.  The WWI-era
> planes still flying today (Rhinebeck, NY for instance) surely weren't
> intended for tens of decades of service either.  The aircraft industry has,
> more than any other, driven the materials service life studies.
>
> Andy
>
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