🚀 go-pugleaf

Henry made two interesting observations in his capsulation of the 
3/27 AvLeak that merit further discussion.

First off, the suggestion to use Enterprise for further braking
and crosswind tests is invalid - if my understanding of the
differences between the designs is correct.  The Enterprise was
a design that was improved upon in the competing configuration that
became the Columbia/Challenger/Discovery/Atlantis series.  There
are too many structural (and I believe aerodynamic) differences
between the two - enough to make the conversion of Enterprise to
a functional shuttle.  For these reasons, it is my guess that the
craft would not fly exactly the same nor have the same hard braking
response in drop tests.  Otherwise, it is an intriguing thought...

If they were hard up enough to do drop tests, why not drop one of the
flying shuttles?  (Other than that it would delay the turnaround
to flight readyness at KSC)

Second... Now, I agree that a 68030 in orbit is nicer than an 80386,
but really, Henry - isn't a '386 better than the 8088 that was in
the old GRIDs they *were* using? ;-)
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