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From: jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: How do they get it pointing up?
Message-ID: <1220@ispi.UUCP>
Date: 24 Nov 89 13:59:44 GMT
References: <1146@castle.ed.ac.uk> <1989Nov23.165049.27447@utzoo.uucp>
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henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:

>In article <1146@castle.ed.ac.uk> erci18@castle.ed.ac.uk (A J Cunningham) writes:

>>... "How do they get it on the back of the 747?" ...

>then wheel the 747 in underneath.  If NASA had to retrieve an orbiter from
>an emergency landing site elsewhere, they'd use a special air-transportable
>derrick plus an ordinary heavy-duty mobile crane.  (They tested this when
>they took the ex-orbiter Enterprise to the New Orleans world's fair.)


It was also used when the shuttle landed at White Sands unexpectedly due
to bad weather at Edwards a few years ago.


JB
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