Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site aurora.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!ames!aurora!al From: al@aurora.UUCP (Al Globus) Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Re: question on shuttle abort Message-ID: <383@aurora.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 17:59:34 EDT Article-I.D.: aurora.383 Posted: Thu Aug 15 17:59:34 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 22:16:50 EDT References: <2994@mordor.UUCP> Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Mtn. View, CA Lines: 9 > From: Ron Goldman> > What happened to the shuttle external tank because of the abort to orbit > maneuver? Did it re-enter over the Indian Ocean as it normally would or > elsewhere? Anyone know? It just cleared Saudi Arabia. If a second engine had gone out they might have dropped the tank on populated areas of Europe. This data is from my memory of an Aviation Week article...