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From: aviator@athena.mit.edu (Joakim Karlsson)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: What happened to KSC Shuttle Landings
Message-ID: <14953@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU>
Date: 8 Oct 89 15:02:25 GMT
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In article <4468@buengc.BU.EDU> art@buengc.bu.edu (A. R. Thompson) writes:
>In article <1173@ispi.UUCP> jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer) writes:
>>
>>After the Challenger they decided that there were too many risks involved to
>>land at KSC (no alternate runway, swamp all around, etc)
>
>Did any of the shuttle flights ever actually land at KSC?

Yes, at least to my knowledge.  I've seen footage of it (courtesy of Imax),
including a view from the cockpit.  It looked liked landing on a carrier
deck, minus a go-around option.  Not much margin for error.  Also, if I recall
the account correctly fog covered the runway within one hour of the landing.


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