Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: What's Wrong with this Picture?
Message-ID: <1988Oct4.165727.16473@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <6981@ihlpl.ATT.COM> <1988Oct2.021158.15076@utzoo.uucp> <7014@ihlpl.ATT.COM>
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 88 16:57:27 GMT

In article <7014@ihlpl.ATT.COM> knudsen@ihlpl.ATT.COM (Knudsen) writes:
>Overall, I'm surprised (plesantly) by how thoroughly the Reds have
>followed our design, including bothering with a Shuttle at all.

Don't be misled by this; remember that they are not doing it as a launch
vehicle, they're doing it as a recovery vehicle.  It makes a difference.

>Do they parachute-recover Energia boosters, or are they cheap enough
>to forget about?  "Cheap" may mean different in the USSR.

The mysterious boxes on the sides of the Energia strap-ons are reported
to be parachute housings.
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