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Article #6117Re: Boat vs. 747 (was Re^2: Hawaii as a launching site)
From: Craig Milo Rogers
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1989 23:21
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1989 23:21
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In article <SHAFER.89Dec21092542@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov> shafer@elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer (OFV)) writes: >Putting the Shuttle on a boat is a dam-fool idea. By the time you get >this big piece of deck cargo where you want it, it will be corroded >into worthlessness. I know the Shuttle's big, I've been inside the mockup at Rockwell International in Downey, CA. I expect that the Shuttle's not built to show the same level of environmental tolerance as a Navy fighter. Nonetheless, I don't see why you couldn't build a *big* metal shipping container with positive-pressure dehumidified air that would allow the Shuttle to survive the passage from Hawaii to the mainland. Does anyone on the net know whether NASA has detailed contingency plans for returning the Shuttle from one of the non-CONUS landing sites? Craig Milo Rogers
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!shadooby!samsung!usc!venera.isi.edu!rogers From: rogers@wlf.isi.edu (Craig Milo Rogers) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Boat vs. 747 (was Re^2: Hawaii as a launching site) Message-ID: <11095@venera.isi.edu> Date: 21 Dec 89 23:21:13 GMT References: <IA80024.89352200552@MAINE.BITNET> <3831@orion.cf.uci.edu> <9222@elsie.UUCP> <771@ritcsh.cs.rit.edu> <1989Dec21.050541.293@ultra.com> <SHAFER.89Dec21092542@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov> Sender: news@venera.isi.edu Reply-To: rogers@wlf.isi.edu.UUCP (Craig Milo Rogers) Organization: USC-Information Sciences Institute Lines: 16