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Subject: Re: Soviet and American Shuttles
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Date: 14 Oct 88 20:14:00 GMT
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Written  9:13 am  Oct 12, 1988 by phred.UUCP!petej in cpe:sci.space.shuttle
>I saw a Shuttle taped special once that said the commander, (I
>forget who and what Shuttle it was), "was going to try to hit the numbers".
>He greased it right on the numbers. The Auto-land system would not have
>been able to do that except by luck.

Is that last statement one of fact or opinion?  That seems counter-intuitive.

			Paul Chamberlain
			Computer Product Engineering, Tandy Corp.
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