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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Shuttle Ditching
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Date: Wed, 5-Feb-86 12:27:33 EST
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> To me, it seems doubtful that an abort could have succeeded in saving
> the lives of 7 astronauts or the orbiter.

I believe NASA has said that the split-off-from-tank-and-SRBs-and-ditch
abort possibility, which theoretically existed on the first few test
flights but hasn't been included in recent missions, would be "better
than certain death, but not by much".
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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