Re: Throttling the Challenger

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From: Michael Caplinger
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1987 00:09

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I remember vividly from my Caltech days two specific missions that *had* to
use 109% thrust because of their mass -- Galileo and the Hubble Space
Telescope.  The former may have gotten lighter, but the HST is just
as heavy as it ever was.

It scared me even in 1981, and it scares me even more now.

	Mike Caplinger
	mike@bellcore.com

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From: mike@thumperbellcore.com (Michael Caplinger)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Throttling the Challenger
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Date: Mon, 26-Oct-87 19:09:20 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 26 19:09:20 1987
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Organization: Bell Communications Research
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Keywords: SSME, Galileo, Hubble Space Telescope, Space Shuttle
Summary: 109% to launch Galileo, HST

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