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From: johnson@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Wayne D. T. Johnson)
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: more 747 drop tests?
Message-ID: <1287@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM>
Date: 12 May 89 17:44:44 GMT
References: <1989May8.033250.18780@utzoo.uucp> <15988@bellcore.bellcore.com> <1989May9.014323.13717@utzoo.uucp>
Reply-To: johnson@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Wayne D. T. Johnson)
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In article <1989May9.014323.13717@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>One will be as soon as NASA gets around to it.  The aircraft has already
>been bought and is in storage (!) awaiting the modifications.  Getting it
>going wouldn't be a problem if there was a specific reason.  Dusting
>off Enterprise and making it flight-ready, with up-to-date landing gear
>and brakes, would probably take longer.

Why should NASA take the time and expense to drop the Enterprise when it can
do the tests with an actule mission thats already paid for?

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