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From: petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Drag chutes for Shuttle braking
Message-ID: <3037@phred.UUCP>
Date: 11 Apr 90 17:25:57 GMT
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In article <1990Apr10.172445.4319@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>
>I think -- it's been a while -- that the intent was to add a small housing
>in the usual place, at the base of the tailfin.
>-- 

That's fine, but I've seen residual APU hot gases and flame near there
after some landings. I think that's something they would have to deal with
first.
Peter Jarvis.........