Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!wuarchive!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!vsi1!daver!tscs!pdn!goofy!steve From: steve@goofy.nm.paradyne.com (Steve Fowler) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Shuttle Crew Seats Message-ID: <6781@pdn.paradyne.com> Date: 29 Nov 89 03:26:42 GMT References: Sender: usenet@pdn.paradyne.com Reply-To: steve@goofy.paradyne.com (Steve Fowler) Organization: AT&T Paradyne, Largo, Florida Lines: 25 In article rb5d+@andrew.cmu.edu (Robert Bates) writes: >From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) : >> KSC SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT - TUESDAY, NOV. 21, 1989 >> STS-33 - (OV 103) - PAD 39-B - LAUNCH MINUS ONE DAY >> crew seats will be installed in the flight and mid decks. > >Why do they wait until one day before launch to install seats? Why aren't >they attached more or less permanently like flight crew seats in aircraft? > >--RC Bates > RB5d@Andrew.CMU.Edu I would suspect that this is done to allow the pad crew easy movement inside the vehicle. It is easy to move around while the vehicle is in orbit, but, while on the ground in a vertical position, it is hard for the ground crew to move around. Ground access is necessary to load experiments, food, equipment, check out parts, etc. Steve Fowler \ _ / |UUCP: ..!{uunet|att}!pdn!steve -=-- AT&T/Paradyne ~o.O~ |DOMAIN: steve@pdn.paradyne.com -===-- P.O. Box 2826 (_|_) |LAND: (813)530-2186 --=--- AT&T Largo, FL 34649-2826 / U |SEA: 27 53 30 N / 82 45 30 W ---- Paradyne