Re: STS-1 Disaster -- follow-up #2

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From: Mary Shafer
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 05:31

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On Wed, 23 Dec 92 02:22:37 GMT, dnadams@nyx.cs.du.edu (Dean Adams) said:

 >NO SHUTTLE GROUND LAUNCHES WERE SECRET.  LAUNCHES FROM A 747, AT 
 >35,000 FEET OR SO, WOULD *NOT* BE EASY TO SEE.

Dean> Right, they would be IMPOSSIBLE to see, since NO such capability exists.

Er, Dean, we did launch the Enterprise from the 747 at altitude.
It was quite easy to see, too.  I saw it all five times.

Having come into this in the middle, maybe I'm misunderstanding what
CAPS LOCK means by launch.  If it's launching in the sense of going
to orbit, you're quite correct; no such capability exists.  There's
no 747 in the world that can carry the Shuttle with the external
tank and SRBs.  The empty Shuttle is nicely within the 747's capacity,
but adding any of the rest of the stack would exceed it.


--
Mary Shafer  DoD #0362 KotFR NASA Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA
shafer@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov                    Of course I don't speak for NASA
 "A MiG at your six is better than no MiG at all."  Unknown US fighter pilot

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From: shafer@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer)
Subject: Re: STS-1 Disaster -- follow-up #2
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