Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!orc!inews!iwarp.intel.com!gargoyle!chinet!john From: john@chinet.chi.il.us (John Mundt) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Liftoff Question Message-ID: <1990Sep16.012312.9303@chinet.chi.il.us> Date: 16 Sep 90 01:23:12 GMT References: <36104@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> <7082@alvin.mcnc.org> Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX Lines: 17 In article <7082@alvin.mcnc.org> rinne@mcnc.org.UUCP (Glenn A. Rinne) writes: >In article shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) writes: >The original question referred to the need for the roll just after liftoff. >Looking at the Shuttle stack, wouldn't the center of thrust (given the SRB's >large thrust) be on the orbiter side of the stack? If so, the 180 degree >roll may facilitate using the SMEs to control the trajectory. What I never understood was why not turn the thing around in the VAB and drive it out to the launch pad the other way. Then there would be no need for the fancy rotation. Put the TV cameras on the other side and everyone is happy. Was the tower built for the Apollo program and thus in the wrong orientation? -- --------------------- john@admctr.chi.il.us John Mundt Teachers' Aide, Inc. P.O. Box 1666, Highland Park, IL (708) 998-5007 || -432-8860