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Article #937Re: How do they get it pointing up?
From: John Woods
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 1989 07:10
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 1989 07:10
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In article <117.UUL1.3#5131@mvac23.UUCP>, thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp) writes: > I assume that one of the reasons that shuttle's engines start before the > solid boosters is to help counteract the tendency of the whole thing to > fall on the orbiter's back? That might be, though (as a guess) it is also nice to know that the SSMEs are happy and working before turning on the SRBs -- especially since the SSMEs shut down at T-4 seconds one time; having them refuse to start after the SRBs turn on would be much more annoying... -- John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (508) 626-1101 ...!decvax!frog!john, john@frog.UUCP, ...!mit-eddie!jfw, jfw@eddie.mit.edu Happiness is Planet Earth in your rear-view mirror. - Sam Hurt
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!netcom!stratus!cloud9!jjmhome!cpoint!frog!john From: john@frog.UUCP (John Woods) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: How do they get it pointing up? Message-ID: <10568@frog.UUCP> Date: 1 Dec 89 07:10:00 GMT References: <1989Nov23.165606.27671@utzoo.uucp> <117.UUL1.3#5131@mvac23.UUCP> Organization: Misanthropes-R-Us Lines: 14