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From: fisher@dvinci.DEC
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Subject: New steering system
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Date: Tue, 4-Jun-85 08:56:31 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun  4 08:56:31 1985
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> NASA announced...that it is abandoning differential braking and will
> install a new nosewheel steering system on all shuttles by October

Can anyone comment on the implications of this decision?  There must be some
disadvantage, or it would have been done in the first place.  Weight?  Anything
else?

Also, where did the brakes go awry?  Was the initial analysis wrong (regarding
braking pressure required, etc) or do the brakes not meet the specs?

Burns


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