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From article <831.2481FD06@mcastl.fidonet.org>, by Bob.Meizlik@p4.f528.n107.z1.fidonet.org (Bob Meizlik):
> Jim Sims writes:
> JS>  HST will arrive in Florida shortly before launch, transport is via mo
> JS> C-5A, courtesy U.S. Air Force (wonder why they need a C-5A to transpor
> JS> sized/shaped cargo ;-) )

> I suspect they're going for the smoothest ride.  Airplane
> takeoff/landing bumpiness is somewhat inversely proportional to mass.

> Bob Meizlik

I think you missed Jim's point (note the wink).  Why would the Air
Force just happen to have a C5A on hand that has been modified to
transport HST?  For the same reason that they just happened to have
built a giant new thermal vac chamber at Lockheed (well, maybe they 
would have done that anyway).  The fact that there is a spook satellite
that happens to be nearly identical to HST has a lot to do with it
(they sort-of use us to test the facilities before they use them
for KH-12).

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