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Article #3537KSC trivia -> Skid strip?
From: Bruce Jackson
Date: Sun, 09 Jun 1991 12:29
Date: Sun, 09 Jun 1991 12:29
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Anybody know the origins, purpose, and capabilities of the "skid strip"
(NOT the shuttle landing facility!) at the Cape? We're considering a
lifting body vehicle that might need to abort to a runway closer to the
launch pads than the shuttle landing runway.
Also, anyone know why the shuttle runway was built roughly 90 degrees to
the prevailing breeze? What are the comparable costs between a runway
aligned properly, and a shuttle destroyed in a landing accident due to
extreme crosswind conditions?
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Bruce Jackson <bjax@grissom.larc.nasa.gov> NASA Langley Research Center
MS 489, Hampton, VA 23665 (804) 864-4060
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