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From: markb@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Mark Biggar)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Abort to Orbit
Message-ID: <2221@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 2-Aug-85 12:36:37 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  2 12:36:37 1985
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In article <2243@amdcad.UUCP> mike@amdcad.UUCP (Mike Parker) writes:
>I seem to remember that the range of the 747-shuttle piggyback
>combination is only about 1000 miles. If they ever do abort to
>Rota, Spain how do they get the damned thing back to the USA

How about:
Spain -> England -> Norway -> Reykjavik, Iceland -> Labrador -> Home free
Any place you can land and take-off a C5 Galaxy military transport can
handle NASA 909 with shuttle.

or

Drag it to dock, use cargo hoists to put it on air-craft carrier, sail home.

or

Read "Shuttle Down" by Corry, where they have to get a shuttle back
from Easter Island.  Which they now have to plan for, as they have
just signed a treaty with Chile allowing the use of Easter Island as
an emergency landing sight for Vandenburd polar shuttle launches.
Boeing appearently has plans for mid-air fueling equiptment for 747s.

Mark Biggar
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