Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!dkrause From: dkrause@orion.oac.uci.edu (Doug Krause) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Hawaii as a launching site Message-ID: <3831@orion.cf.uci.edu> Date: 19 Dec 89 10:20:52 GMT References: Reply-To: dkrause@orion.oac.uci.edu (Doug Krause) Organization: University of California, Irvine Lines: 15 In article IA80024@MAINE.BITNET (Nicholas C. Hester) writes: #After reading the responses to my query on shuttle landings at KSC and the #use of Vandenburg for future launches, I was wondering about the possibility #of using Hawaii. I had heard that it was up for consideration regarding the #launching of commercial vehicles and was wondering what the chance was of #building a new shuttle launch facility there. It has ocean to protect against #a debri from another Challenger type accident as well as nice weather. Could a shuttle-loaded 747 make it to Hawaii? The closest mainland city is probably San Francisco and that's about 2200? miles away. Douglas Krause One yuppie can ruin your whole day. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- University of California, Irvine Internet: dkrause@orion.oac.uci.edu Welcome to Irvine, Yuppieland USA BITNET: DJKrause@ucivmsa