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Subject: Challenger's new launching attitude
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Date: Sat, 14-Apr-84 00:08:00 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr 14 00:08:00 1984
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   This morning's Boston Globe had a large front-page picture of
Challenger "roaring flawlessly toward orbit yesterday atop its
booster rockets."  The picture shows the Orbiter sitting on top
of the ET and SRBs and going up at an angle of about 40 degrees
from the horizontal.

   I didn't see the launch, so I have two possibilities; either
Crip got tired of going up upside-down and decided to try a whole
new way, or the Globe printed the picture sideways.  I've noticed
that broadcast commentators seem to be somewhat uncomfortable
with the standard launch position, which I assume is necessary
to keep the ET from ripping itself off.
              -- Bob Munck (munck@mitre-bedford)