Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!infonode!ingr!b15!ptc From: ptc@b15.ingr.com (Paul Carter) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Two Shuttles at once Message-ID: <1991Mar11.200153.7206@b15.ingr.com> Date: 11 Mar 91 20:01:53 GMT References: <9103090210.AA04529@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov> Organization: Intergraph, Huntsville AL Lines: 19 In mvk@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Michael V. Kent) writes: >Discovery (STS-51D) came down on 19 April 1985 and Challenger was launched on >29 April 1985 on STS-51B. Columbia (STS-61C) landed on 18 January 1986 while >Challenger (STS-51L) was launched on 28 January 1986. I can't say for sure, >but I doubt there was a lot of parts swapping between them, and if need be >I bet they could have launched Challenger on a rescue mission. Imagine the state of the Shuttle program if Challenger had been sent on a rescue mission....Bingo...two orbiters gone. One stuck in orbit, and one at the bottom of the Atlantic. That would have been a tough pill to swallow. Paul -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Paul Carter Intergraph Corporation- Huntsville Ala. uucp: uunet!ingr!b15!ptc (205) 730-6859 ++++++++++++++++++++++++(=o=)+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++