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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: more 747 drop tests?
Message-ID: <1989May10.155143.28989@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1989May8.033250.18780@utzoo.uucp> <15988@bellcore.bellcore.com> <1989May9.014323.13717@utzoo.uucp> <103946@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
Date: Wed, 10 May 89 15:51:43 GMT

In article <103946@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> mae@sun.UUCP (Mike Ekberg, Sun {GPD-LEGO}) writes:
>Er...Pardon the dumb question, but what is the use of the 
>crosswind tests?

Establishing how well the shuttle lands in crosswinds.  This is of some
importance for using the runway at KSC, since it frequently has crosswinds.
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