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From: crosson@cam.nist.gov (Bob Crosson)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Horizontal shuttle take-off
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Date: 4 Jan 91 16:04:03 GMT
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Organization: National Institute of Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
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Just a random thought; could the shuttle, minus the SRBs, take-off
from a runway given enough fuel for the SSMEs?  I would ignore
any damage to the runway caused by the engine exhaust.

Could the shuttle design be modified not too drastically to allow
this if it's impossible now?

As I said, just a random though.

Bob Crosson