I think it depends on the orbit it will take. There are two orbits from shuttle. The turn prepares it for which orbit.
I think this is the reason why. At 08:59 AM 10/8/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Does anyone know why the shuttle rotates about 90 degrees shortly after >liftoff? This has been bugging me for many years and I've never found an >answer. I'm sure there's a good reason, but it seems it would have been a >lot simpler to rotate the launch pad 90 degrees . . . :-) > >George >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
