Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cadnetix.COM!cadnetix!eriks From: eriks@cadnetix.COM (Eriks Ziemelis) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: reasons for fuel dumping [was: Re: shuttle landing sites] Message-ID: <5267@cadnetix.COM> Date: 16 Nov 88 18:14:06 GMT References: <1185@client2.dciem.dnd.ca> <786@dinl.mmc.UUCP> <1914@eos.UUCP> <787@dinl.mmc.UUCP> Sender: news@cadnetix.COM Reply-To: eriks@cadnetix.COM (Eriks Ziemelis) Organization: Cadnetix Corp., Boulder, CO Lines: 15 True. You do get better "handling", your gear won't collapse, fuel will not mist over heat sources, etc. It still boils down to safety in my book; a safer, less dangerous landing. Eriks A. Ziemelis Internet: eriks@cadnetix.com UUCP: ...!{uunet,boulder}!cadnetix!eriks U.S. Snail: Cadnetix Corp. 5775 Flatiron Pkwy Boulder, CO 80301 Baby Bell: (303) 444-8075 X221