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Article #942Re: How do they get it pointing up?
From: David Smith
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1989 17:39
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1989 17:39
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In article <2871@phred.UUCP> petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis) writes:
>When the SSME ignite, causing the stack to sway forward and back again,
>this is called "twang". The entire stack pivots. The SRB's do not flex.
^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^
Says who?
David R. Smith, HP Labs
dsmith@hplabs.hp.com
(415) 857-7898
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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!hplabs!hplabsb!dsmith From: dsmith@hplabsb.HP.COM (David Smith) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: How do they get it pointing up? Message-ID: <5519@hplabsb.HP.COM> Date: 7 Dec 89 17:39:34 GMT References: <1989Nov29.094841.19907@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <648@sirius.ua.oz.au> <2871@phred.UUCP> Reply-To: dsmith@hplabsb.UUCP (David Smith) Organization: Hewlett-Packard Labs, Palo Alto, CA Lines: 18