Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: shuttle escape systems
Message-ID: <1989Oct24.164105.866@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 89 16:41:05 GMT

In article <409@illusion.UUCP> marcus@illusion.UUCP (Marcus Hall) writes:
>BTW, does anybody know what the chances of the orbiter surviving the powered
>pitch over maneuver in the RTLS abort sequence is? ...

Nobody has tried it, so we don't know for sure.  The astronauts are reputed
to be unhappy about the possibility of having to fly that maneuver.

(For those who aren't up on this, a Return To Launch Site abort involves
doing a U-turn at hypersonic speeds.)
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