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Article #4180Re: Why are there launch windows?
From: Jonathan Leech
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1989 21:46
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1989 21:46
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In article <256@cbnewsl.ATT.COM> sw@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (Stuart Warmink) writes:
>In article <36700005@hcx2> tom@hcx2.SSD.HARRIS.COM writes:
>>Why do earth orbit missions have launch windows?
>Crew fatigue is certainly a factor, lying on your back for a few hours can't
>be all that good for the crew - pretty boring at best.
On NASA SELECT yesterday morning, the commentator said that the
launch window began when the commander was strapped into his seat.
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Jon Leech (leech@cs.unc.edu) __@/
``Those what cannot remedy the past can pretend to repeal it."
- Attributed to Santa Ana by Owl
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!gatech!mcnc!thorin!zeta!leech From: leech@zeta.cs.unc.edu (Jonathan Leech) Newsgroups: sci.astro,sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Why are there launch windows? Message-ID: <7230@thorin.cs.unc.edu> Date: 14 Mar 89 21:46:13 GMT References: <36700005@hcx2> <256@cbnewsl.ATT.COM> Sender: news@thorin.cs.unc.edu Reply-To: leech@zeta.UUCP (Jonathan Leech) Followup-To: sci.space.shuttle Organization: University Of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Lines: 12