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From: petej@phred.UUCP (Peter Jarvis)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: In-Flight Refueling
Keywords: sandersn@nietzsche.rdrc.rpi.edu's message of 17 Apr 91 18:43:57 GMT
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Date: 29 Apr 91 13:32:48 GMT
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In article <ONEEL.91Apr18102845@heawk1.rosserv.gsfc.nasa.gov> oneel@heawk1.rosserv.gsfc.nasa.gov ( Bruce Oneel ) writes:
>
>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?
>

Not true. The Shuttle combined weight and drag put the 747 near the edge
of its envelope. I believe they carry only partial tanks also which require
it to make 1 or 2 re-fueling stops on the way back to KSC.

Peter Jarvis.........