Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!rutgers!att!cbnewsj!johna From: johna@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (john.a.welsh) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: When does the official name change? Summary: Landings, KSC Keywords: official reports Message-ID: <2394@cbnewsj.ATT.COM> Date: 20 Nov 89 19:43:42 GMT References: <7036@pt.cs.cmu.edu> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 21 In article <7036@pt.cs.cmu.edu>, bdz@sam.cs.cmu.edu (Brian Zill) writes: > jim@hardees.rutgers.edu (Jim Martin) writes: > >A quick question from a novice... When does the name change in the > >official reports? > From my observations, the designation changes when the Shuttle arrives back > at KSC. > --Brian When if ever will they start regularly landing the shuttles at that landing strip in Florida? How far is it from the VAB at Kennedy? One more question, it must cost a lot to fly the shuttles piggyback on the 747, so wouldn't it be more cost effective to start landing in Florida, or is there some other reason for California? Brian, Thanks for the explanation on why the STS numbers are sometimes not seemingly right. John Welsh mtgzy!jaw