Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Shuttle from Vandenberg Message-ID: <1989Feb17.164009.3238@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <919@cs.rit.edu> <1989Feb11.234744.20258@utzoo.uucp> <2481@phred.UUCP> <1989Feb14.163945.16527@utzoo.uucp> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 89 16:40:09 GMT In article pv04+@andrew.cmu.edu (Philip Verdieck) writes: >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..... I fear your memory fails you: Enterprise flew the glide tests, and it was definitely meant to be a spaceworthy orbiter at the time it was built. There has been some speculation about ulterior motives behind its retirement, although I'm skeptical about this. -- The Earth is our mother; | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology our nine months are up. | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu