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From: gaudiot@priam.usc.edu (Jean-Luc Gaudiot)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Shuttle roll maneuver
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Date: 1 Nov 89 06:13:37 GMT
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My $0.02 worth:  could it be that the shuttle is aligned on the launch pad
so as to present the smallest possible cross section to the dominant winds
(presumably from the ocean)? 


Jean-Luc Gaudiot

Flying will never be safe as long as one must drive to the airport.