From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npois!alice!sjb Newsgroups: net.columbia Title: Re: Crosswinds Article-I.D.: alice.690 Posted: Mon Jun 21 17:59:57 1982 Received: Thu Jun 24 02:23:17 1982 References: ihuxn.153 I believe the Enterprise drop tests that were performed in the late 70's were to merely make sure the shuttle can land. Since it in effect falls like a rock, NASA wanted to see how it performed in the air; in those early stages of tests, I would think that crosswind landings would have been considered too risky.