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From: craig@cs.washington.edu (Craig Anderson)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Night Shuttle Orbiter Landings
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Date: 28 Nov 89 04:34:53 GMT
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From: craig@cs.washington.edu (Craig Anderson)

The recent postponement of Discovery's night landing at Edwards raised
a question: why do some shuttle military missions end with a night landing,
while it seems like all non-military missions end in a daytime landing?
I can understand why the government wants to keep the launch time under
wraps, but I don't see how a daytime landing can compromise the security
of the mission.

Craig Anderson
craig@cs.washington.edu
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