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From: rjnoe@riccb.UUCP (Roger J. Noe)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: NASA can't get it up - Cloud Cover a Problem?
Message-ID: <613@riccb.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 10-Jan-86 18:06:03 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 10 18:06:03 1986
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Organization: Rockwell International - Downers Grove, IL
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> After hearing that a shuttle launch was again delayed
> because of cloud cover, I began to wonder how much of
> a problem this cover poses.  I would think that the
> shuttle would *blow through* the cloud cover in only 
> several seconds.
> 
> Sam Hoke   -AT&T Technologies Holmel, NJ-  houxa!sah

Quite true, but the problem is they can't see the runway at the launch site
once they get above those clouds.  In case there is a need for a return-to-
launch-site (RTLS) abort, a trickly maneuver to say the least, NASA rules
require "good visibility" before a shuttle can be launched.  This rule can
be (and has been) stretched a bit at times.
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	Roger Noe			ihnp4!riccb!rjnoe