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From: tif@doorstop.austin.ibm.com (Paul Chamberlain)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Space Shuttle drag chute tests set to begin at Ames-Dryden (Forwarded)
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Date: 18 Jul 90 22:53:01 GMT
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In article <54209@ames.arc.nasa.gov> yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) writes:
>Tests of a drag parachute system to improve the landing capability ...
>For these tests, a modified orbiter drag 
>chute compartment has been mounted on the B-52.

Two questions for those of you that are just itching to make use of all
that information you have at hand (or in mind):

How does the weight of a B-52 compare to that of a Space Shuttle?
Will the "improved landing capability" make landing at the cape
any more likely?

Paul Chamberlain | I do NOT represent IBM         tif@doorstop, sc30661@ausvm6
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