Re: Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

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From: Mike Combs
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:35

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"Sylvia Else" <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote in message 
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>I came across this, which amused me.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle_Carrier_Aircraft
> Check out the carrier mount point.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Shuttle_mounting_point.JPG

That's funny.  Almost seems like there was a cartoon that showed the Shuttle 
mounted on the ET nose-downward, with somebody running up, yelling, "STOP 
THE COUNTDOWN!"


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From: "Mike Combs" <mikecombs@nospam.com_chg_nospam_2_ti>
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Subject: Re: Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:35:16 -0500
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