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Though fewer than 20 percent of AmericanAirlines' departures were able to fly passengerson Thursday, other carriers came to the rescue.Customers can transfer their tickets to airlinessuch as United, Delta, and Continental withoutcost and reach their destinations with minimalhassle...
...Delta Airlines has a more restrictive policy.It will not allow the lower-class, lower-faretickets to transfer from American to Delta unlessthe customer's flight has already been cancelled,a spokesperson said...
...quantum leap forward in terms of expectations for our students," said Gardner in a speech sponsored by the Harvard chapter of Phi Delta Kappa Society, an honor society for educators...
...stages. The DC-X is the world's first fully reusable spacecraft, and its myriad computer systems make it easy to launch and repair. It can be fired off by a crew of three, far fewer than the army of 1,700 needed by the shuttle. Bottom line: the Delta Clipper should be able to carry 10-ton payloads to orbit -- manned or unmanned -- for $500 to $1,000 per lb., compared with 28 tons a load at $10,000 per lb. for the space shuttle...
...that flew last week is a prototype that is only one-third the size of the planned vehicle. Even if the DC-X continues to perform well (the next flight is scheduled for this week), it could take five years and at least $2 billion before a full-scale Delta Clipper is ready for business. But aerospace executives are already dreaming about the day when getting into orbit costs no more than a transatlantic flight. Among their pet ideas: nuclear-waste disposal, space- based advertising and low-earth-orbit tourism. A weekend visit to a space station, anyone...