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Article #6027Re: The shuttle runway at the Cape
From: Millard Edgerton
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 00:24
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 00:24
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From article <990@milton.acs.washington.edu>, by swanie@milton.acs.washington.edu (Eric Swansen): > Perhaps the environmentalists have complained that the orbiters would kill > too many gators and/or wild boars ! As a pilot flying an expensive ROCK(glider), who try to land on a runway that is too short? And if you undershoot or overshoot you are in a swamp! And.....if a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g goes wrong and you swerve sideways you are in a swamp! The last landing there , the runway was fogged in and just before decision time, to go elsewhere like Lincoln, NE, the fog cleared. When the wheels stopped, the approach end of the runway was again socked in! No intelligent person would have planned that runway! *************************************************************************** * Intelligent people talk about ideas. | Standard disclaimer(s) * * Average people talk about things. | Millard J. Edgerton, WA6VZZ * * Small people talk about other people. | millard@eos.arc.nasa.gov * ***************************************************************************
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!eos!millard From: millard@eos.UUCP (Millard Edgerton) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: The shuttle runway at the Cape Message-ID: <5821@eos.UUCP> Date: 14 Dec 89 00:24:49 GMT References: <990@milton.acs.washington.edu> Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, California Lines: 20