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Subject: Re: Why is Edwards the primary site?
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Date: 13 May 91 18:41:39 GMT
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In article <1991May11.222140.10002@zoo.toronto.edu>, henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
> 
> The KSC runway, and most of the normal alternate runways, now have an
> arresting-net system to cope with this possibility.
> -- 
> And the bean-counter replied,           | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
> "beans are more important".             |  henry@zoo.toronto.edu  utzoo!henry

The landing barriers are NOT installed at KSC or at Edwards.  They are used
primarily on shorter runways at the abort landing sites.  Landing barriers are
currently installed at the following locations:

	Moron       RW 21   12,000 ft
	Zaragoza    RW 30   12,397 ft
	Banjul      RW 32   12,000 ft
	Honolulu    RW 08R  10,700 ft
	Guam        RW 06L  10,755 ft

The runway lengths are threshold to threshold and do not account for any
additional underrun/overrun length.  Also, the runway at Guam ends at the
edge of a 400 ft cliff.
-- 

Pat Oliver -  	Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Company at NASA JSC
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