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From: alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Getting it back to the Cape
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Date: Mon, 16-Apr-84 12:43:50 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 16 12:43:50 1984
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The shuttle does not use its main engines for the deorbit
burn, a misconception you seem to hold.  It uses its
orbital maneuvering system.