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From: rax8@phx.mcd.mot.com (Steve Roberson )
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Orbiter processing
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Date: 12 Mar 91 04:08:20 GMT
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How do they find the weight and center of gravity of an orbiter? I assume
that they don't hang it on a string like a model rocket. :-)

Is there a good book available on shuttle processing? I enjoy reading the
processing updates and it would be nice to know just what each item involves.
There are so many things that the media doesn't cover. Remember the thread
on the lack of pictures of the carrier aircraft crane? I've looked for a
source on processing every time I've been to a NASA facility and never seen
anything above the comic book level.

Steve Roberson
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