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From: leem@jplpro.JPL.NASA.GOV (Lee Mellinger)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Edwards and Dryden
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Date: 10 Oct 88 19:29:05 GMT
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In article <1988Oct6.174216.29965@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
|In article <1114@cfa237.cfa250.harvard.edu> mcdowell@cfa250.harvard.edu (Jonathan McDowell) writes:
|>Does the Shuttle land at Dryden or at Edwards? Is there in fact a
|>distinction?
|
|I *think* the answer is that Edwards is the base and Dryden is a tenant,
|i.e. there is no part of the place (except perhaps some buildings etc.)
|that actually belongs to Dryden as distinct from Edwards.  I don't believe
|it parallels the Canaveral/Kennedy situation, where there are two distinct
|organizations with their own territories that share some support facilities.
|I could be wrong.  Eugene would presumably know for sure.
|-- 
|The meek can have the Earth;    |    Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
|the rest of us have other plans.|uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu

Eugene probably knows for sure, but I can tell you that Edwards AFB is
a USAF facility that has several tenants, among them is the JPL
Edwards Facility where rocket propulsion elements are tested.  The
Dryden facility used to be a NASA center but a few years ago lost its
independence and was made a part of the Ames Research Center.  I
believe it consists of a main building and some hanger space, but
there may be more.  I was on the hill behind Dryden for the
Discovery landing last week, what a sight!

Lee


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