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From: sean@ukma.UUCP (Sean Casey)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Challenger SRBs
Message-ID: <2626@ukma.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 4-Feb-86 12:40:36 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb  4 12:40:36 1986
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In article <366@nvzg2.UUCP> bjb@nvzg2.UUCP (Bernie Brown) writes:
>...Just like a normal landing, it's
>the world's biggest glider.

That reminds me what a NASA spokesperson said once.  A newscaster said
something about the shuttle being basically a glider and the NASA person
said "it's more like a flying brick".  That statement is not far off base,
for the glide ratio of the shuttle is truly awful.



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