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From: pv04+@andrew.cmu.edu (Philip Verdieck)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Shuttle from Vandenberg
Message-ID: <QXycoxy00VQD1FwUYy@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 16 Feb 89 08:58:37 GMT
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Organization: Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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>Henry, it is OV-106. Six Shuttles were built. This includes "Pathfinder"
>and "Enterprise". Pathfinder was used for tooling fits, Enterprise for
>gliding tests. Pathfinder is permanently displayed horizontally at the
>Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL.

]If I'm not mistaken, Pathfinder was a mockup only and did not have an
]orbiter number.  The four original orbiters, Enterprise, Columbia,
]Discovery, and Atlantis, were 101 through 104.  When it became clear that
]Enterprise was not in spaceworthy condition, one of the test structures,
]OV-099, was refitted as an orbiter and became Challenger.  So the next
]number is indeed 105.

I was under the impression that Enterprise was a mockup as well,
a nice piece of propaganda to satisfy the huge mail-in to name a
shuttle "Enterprise".  Either my memory fails me, or it was Columbia that
sis the actual glide tests, from on top of the 747.....