Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!usc!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!linc.cis.upenn.edu!rubinoff From: rubinoff@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Robert Rubinoff) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Mate-Demate Facility Message-ID: <18987@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: 13 Jan 90 18:15:26 GMT References: <675@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> <1360@wrgate.WR.TEK.COM> Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Reply-To: rubinoff@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Robert Rubinoff) Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 5 Wouldn't it be simpler to just have the shuttle land on top of the 747? And when the 747 lands in Florida, they could just jam the breaks on to stop suddenly and let the shuttle's momentum pull it forward off the 747! :-) Robert