Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!boingo.med.jhu.edu!haven!mimsy!dftsrv!oneel From: oneel@heawk1.rosserv.gsfc.nasa.gov ( Bruce Oneel ) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: In-Flight Refueling Message-ID: Date: 18 Apr 91 14:28:45 GMT References: Sender: news@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov Organization: STX/GSFC Nasa Lines: 27 In-reply-to: sandersn@nietzsche.rdrc.rpi.edu's message of 17 Apr 91 18:43:57 GMT In article sandersn@nietzsche.rdrc.rpi.edu (Donald Sanderson) writes: Have there been any consideration of making modifications to the 747 ferry aircraft to allow for in-flight refueling ? If this is possible it could cut at least a day of turnaround time. Or is it the case that the configuration of 747 + Shuttle is too awkward to allow for this maneuver ? |Donald Sanderson sandersn@rdrc.rpi.edu | |RPI Computer Science Department (518) 276-4838 | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |In the Final Analysis Each Student is Responsible for his/her Own Education| While in-flight refueling could be tricky, how 'bout a modification to hold more fuel? I remember (long time ago) reading that the shuttle wasn't all that heavy for a 747 to carry. Couldn't one just use some of that extra capacity to just carry more fuel? -- | Bruce O'Neel | internet : oneel@heasfs.gsfc.nasa.gov| | Code 664/STX | span : lheavx::oneel | | NASA/GSFC Bld 28/W281 |compuserve: 72737,1315 | | Greenbelt MD 20771 | AT&Tnet : (301)-286-4585 | Thats me in the corner, thats me in the spotlight, losin' my religion -- rem