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From: dsmith@hplabsb.HP.COM (David Smith)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: How do they get it pointing up?
Message-ID: <5519@hplabsb.HP.COM>
Date: 7 Dec 89 17:39:34 GMT
References: <1989Nov29.094841.19907@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <648@sirius.ua.oz.au> <2871@phred.UUCP>
Reply-To: dsmith@hplabsb.UUCP (David Smith)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Labs, Palo Alto, CA
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In article <2871@phred.UUCP> petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis) writes:
>When the SSME ignite, causing the stack to sway forward and back again,
>this is called "twang". The entire stack pivots. The SRB's do not flex.
                                    ^^^^^ ^^^^^^      ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^
Says who?


			David R. Smith, HP Labs
			dsmith@hplabs.hp.com
			(415) 857-7898

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