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From: shafer@elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Shuttle roll maneuver
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Date: 8 Nov 89 16:21:21 GMT
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In-reply-to: henry@utzoo.uucp's message of 7 Nov 89 16:56:09 GMT

Just a little historical note about the Shuttle roll maneuver.

Before the Shuttle was launched there was a lot of concern about the
roll maneuver--getting the flight control system to do it right, etc.
The Australians were quite amused by this, because they'd solved the
problem quite handily for Jindivik.  

Turned out that the Shuttle was just as simple, in the event.


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Mary Shafer   shafer@elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov  ames!elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov!shafer
         NASA Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA
                    Of course I don't speak for NASA