Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!ucsd!sdcc6!sdcc10!bruno From: bruno@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Bruce W. Mohler) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: When does the official name change? Message-ID: <5315@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> Date: 22 Nov 89 18:31:26 GMT References: <7036@pt.cs.cmu.edu> <2394@cbnewsj.ATT.COM> <1989Nov21.051136.18065@utzoo.uucp> Sender: news@sdcc6.ucsd.edu Reply-To: bruno@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Bruce W. Mohler) Organization: Pacific*Bell, San Diego, CA Lines: 21 In article <1989Nov21.051136.18065@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: > ...NASA originally wanted to land most > every shuttle [at KSC], to save transportation problems... > ...The fact is, KSC is a lousy place to land a shuttle. Most > especially and in particular, it is quite possible to get a surprise > thunderstorm brewing up between retrofire and landing. KSC gets *lots* > of short-notice thunderstorms. At Edwards the weather is much more > predictable -- and usually perfect -- and the runways are much longer > and run in various directions to suit current winds. Edwards is the > primary landing site for the foreseeable future. > -- > A bit of tolerance is worth a | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology > megabyte of flaming. | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu Why don't they launch from Edwards as well then? -- Bruce W. Mohler Systems Programmer (aka Staff Analyst) bruno@sdcc10.ucsd.edu voice: 619/586-2218