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From: new@udel.EDU (Darren New)
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Subject: Re: USSR Microcomputers: How far behind US?
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Date: 4 May 89 00:13:14 GMT
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In article <1905@etive.ed.ac.uk> nick@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell) writes:
>Well, in Space Research in particular, I get the impression that the USSR
>have some advantages. How come their space shuttle can land itself, but the
>American one can't?

I thought it could, except for the landing gear. And the landing gear was
chosen to be that way because once it's down it can't be raised and 
someone was afraid the computer would foul up or something. I've
read that it only takes one button push to bring a shuttle home.
But then, why listen to me when NASA is online? -- Darren