----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronn! Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 1:19 AM Subject: Re: Wild Shuttle Speculation
> > When people have said "_Columbia_ was too heavy to dock with the ISS", I > believe that what they meant was that it doesn't carry enough fuel during > liftoff to put it into an orbit with a high enough altitude and a high > enough inclination to reach ISS. While that is all true and I agree with you completely, I also note an interesting factoid. Columbia was the heaviest of the shuttle fleet. I suppose the later shuttles were built with weight savings Columbia missed out on. xponent Heavy Duty Maru rob ________________________________ You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here. And whether you can hear it or not, the universe is laughing behind your back. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
