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From: petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Shuttle & SR-71: Up close & personal
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Date: 10 Sep 90 13:18:36 GMT
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In article <32}%AQ+@ads.com> mbullock@ADS.COM (Michael E. Bullock) writes:
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> We drove out to an ordinary looking hangar and there
>it is - the shuttle Enterprize!  The hangar must have been built around
>it since there is no way it could have fit through the door. My biggest
>impression was how BIG the shuttle is! I don't think we appreciate just
>how big it is when we see it on the pad - but up close and personal -
>INCREDIBLE! 
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>So after about an hour the tour ended.  I feel very lucky to get a chance
>to actually touch and inspect a space shuttle!

You can also see up close, the first Shuttle built. Pathfinder, full size,
and made for tooling and fitting purposes, is mounted on an External Tank
with 2 SRB's strapped to it. It is at the Huntsville, Al. Space and Rocket
Center mounted horizontally with a slightly nose up attitude.

Peter Jarvis..........