Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven!cvl!elsie!ado From: ado@elsie.UUCP (Arthur David Olson) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Hawaii as a launching site Message-ID: <9222@elsie.UUCP> Date: 19 Dec 89 15:47:23 GMT References: <3831@orion.cf.uci.edu> Organization: NIH-LEC, Bethesda, MD Lines: 9 > Could a shuttle-loaded 747 make it to Hawaii? The closest mainland city > is probably San Francisco and that's about 2200? miles away. A shuttle-loaded 747 doesn't need to travel from San Francisco to Hawaii. . . the shuttle can be put on a low-tech, unglamorous boat for the trip. Just make sure the first mate's name is something other than Gilligan. -- Arthur David Olson ado@alw.nih.gov ADO is a trademark of Ampex.