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From: willisa@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Mark Willis)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: QUESTION: Shuttle round trips to the moon?
Keywords: shuttle moon
Message-ID: <2198@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk>
Date: 11 Jan 89 12:28:08 GMT
References: <14549@oberon.USC.EDU>
Reply-To: willisa@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Mark Willis)
Organization: Comp Sci, Glasgow Univ, Scotland
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In article <14549@oberon.USC.EDU> weiss%neuro.usc.edu@oberon.usc.edu writes:
>Can the shuttle fly to the moon, land, and take off again to return
>to the earth.  Keep in mind the moon has 1/6 the gravitational pull
>of the earth.  Let's assume for the moment that there is adequate
>solid flat landing surface prepared on the moon for the landing.

No definitely not.
Even assuming you cound get a shuttle to land on the moon, (you couldnt, it
doesn't carry enough fuel) how would you get it to lift off again?
Put it on your shoulder and set it down vertically on a rock exactly the
right shape to act as a launch pad and not damage the engines or tail fin?
Unlikely!

	Mark
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