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Article #6107Re: Hawaii as a launching site
From: Stuart Warmink
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1989 14:38
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1989 14:38
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In article <445@lot.ACA.MCC.COM>, ables@lot.ACA.MCC.COM (King Ables) writes: > > I suspect much of why they use KSC is historical (all the stuff is there, > it's already built and paid for, staffed, etc.). Now *originally* why > didn't they put it in Hawaii is another question. Florida was originally chosen because of the benign climate and ice-free ports. Easy access to barge traffic was a major consideration. All the larger pieces of hardware (Saturn 1st stage, Shuttle ET) are delivered in such a manner. Also, downrange tracking stations are convenient from Florida: Bermuda and Ascension (assuming 28 degree or so inclination orbits). There isn't much out there around Hawaii :-). -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stuart Warmink, Whippany, NJ, USA | sw@cbnewsl.ATT.COM | Pretentious? Moi? -------------------------> My opinions are just that <------------------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!shadooby!samsung!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!rutgers!att!cbnewsl!sw From: sw@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (Stuart Warmink) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Hawaii as a launching site Summary: Why Florida in the first place Message-ID: <3393@cbnewsl.ATT.COM> Date: 21 Dec 89 14:38:17 GMT References: <3831@orion.cf.uci.edu> <445@lot.ACA.MCC.COM> Organization: Interface Systems @ AT&T Bell Labs Lines: 19