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From: dbb@aicchi.UUCP (Burch)
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Subject: Re: Re: orbiter ascent attitude
Message-ID: <732@aicchi.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 29-Mar-86 10:24:05 EST
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In article <3367@hplabsb.UUCP> bl@hplabsb.UUCP (Bruce T. Lowerre) writes:
>> In article <367@quest.UUCP> dave@quest.UUCP (David Messer) writes:
>> >
>> >Also, if you think back to the Apollo days, you will notice that
>> >the Saturn launches also had a roll program.  Apollo also flew
>> >upside-down.
>> >
>>    All right, you've got me interested.  How can a cylindrical
>> rocket fly upside-down??
>> 
>>    -- David desJardins
>
>Easy, put the hot end at the top. :-)

Really, they did not so much roll as spin.... Gyroscope-wise for stability.

-- 
-David B. (Ben) Burch
 Analyst's International Corp.
 Chicago Branch (ihnp4!aicchi!dbb)

"Argue for your limitations, and they are yours"