Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!killer!ames!pacbell!sactoh0!ejnihill From: ejnihill@sactoh0.UUCP (Eric J. Nihill) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Shuttle computer reprogramming Summary: Can you say TRESTLE? Message-ID: <528@sactoh0.UUCP> Date: 11 Oct 88 18:13:38 GMT References: <6689@nsc.nsc.com> <1543@hp-sdd.HP.COM> <5485@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> <16665@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Organization: Sacramento Public Access, Ca. USA Lines: 39 In article <16665@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>, cc1@valhalla.cs.ucla.edu (R...for Rabbit) writes: > ^In article <213@obie.UUCP> wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes) writes: > Just do something like this: > > /\ > / \ > | | > ~ ~ > |==| > /| |\ > / | | \ > ... =======--=================--============ ... > oo oo oo oo > ########################################## This could prove to be a very interesting mode of shipping. If you could somehow get from point A to B with no overhead obstructions, (whats the booster height?), there may be at least two minor details. By not distributing X amount of weight over 4 railroad cars, we would place quite a load on one car. I wonder what the railroad trackbed load capacity is per axle? The wind could also have fun with our transport. That may be quite a bit of leverage that we have sticking up in the air. How much wind would it take to tip over our aprox. 5 foot axle length flatcar? (discounting roadbed tilt on curves) These may be just minor problems that a creative mind may be more than able to overcome. Humbly submitted;-) Eric -- ################################################################# # Sign In Triplicate before # Serving The State Capitol Of # # Discarding:________________ # California: sactoh0 # #################################################################