Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!amara!khai From: khai@amara.uucp (S. Khai Mong) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Heavy Lift Capacity Boosters Message-ID: Date: 7 Oct 88 12:31:43 GMT References: <2310@ssc-vax.UUCP> Sender: khai@amara.UUCP Organization: Applied Dynamics International, Inc. Lines: 20 In-reply-to: eder@ssc-vax.UUCP's message of 5 Oct 88 22:57:41 GMT On recovering SSME's from heavy lift boosters: In article <2310@ssc-vax.UUCP> eder@ssc-vax.UUCP (Dani Eder) writes: > Yes, yes, and no, we would land on land, using airbags to cusion the last > few feet. The recovery pod weights enough that winds don't significantly > perterb the reentry. So a landing on land can be done within about a > one mile cirle landing area. Still, you would need a wider area for a safety margin? And where would that be if the launch were from KSC? I suppose that the Sahara would be a big enough target. Or somewhere in Australia. This is assuming that you do not wish to take the engines into full orbit. So would we take the engines into full orbit? -- Vitamin C deficiency is apauling +---------------------------- Don't blame me for what my fortune cookie says! Sao Khai Mong: Applied Dynamics, 3800 Stone School Road, Ann Arbor, Mi48108 (313) 973-1300 (uunet|umix)!amara!khai khai%amara.uucp@umix.cc.umich.edu