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Subject: Re: Shuttle computer reprogramming
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Date: 12 Oct 88 20:02:00 GMT
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Written  3:34 pm  Oct 10, 1988 by ucla-cs.UUCP!cc1 in cpe:sci.space.shuttle
>In article <1988Oct9.222636.26406@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>>MUCH longer, and that is precisely the probelm.  "Pretty straight" is not
>>good enough for something that would probably span four railroad cars
>
>Just do something like this:
>... [Funny picture of SRB on end]

I find it kindo' hard to believe that they couldn't solve such
a seemingly trivial problem.  How about putting it on 4 (or more)
"skateboards" so that when you went around a corner it just had
enough play so as not to strain it?   Or, suspend it on 4 (or
more) hangars (hanging thing-a-ma-jobbies).

I'm not trying to start a big discussion of possibilities but I
don't see it as an unsurmountable (or even difficult) task.
I.e.  We can (could) put a man on the moon but we can't put a
long stick on a train?

Boy, I just love (using lots of) parenthesis ('(' and ')').

			Paul Chamberlain
			Computer Product Engineering, Tandy Corp.
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