Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!qantel!dual!lll-crg!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.news.group,net.columbia Subject: Re: Enterprise- IS IT FUNCTIONAL Message-ID: <1454@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Thu, 12-Sep-85 18:22:59 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.1454 Posted: Thu Sep 12 18:22:59 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 15-Sep-85 10:01:53 EDT References: <682@hou2d.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 16 Xref: watmath net.news.group:3768 net.columbia:1661 > I was under the impression that the Enterprise Shuttle > was a mock-up used several years ago for show > and was not operational. > It is operational, it's not very good at going up though. It comes down just fine. > There is an ad being run in some magazines > this month for the Air Force that show the Enterprise > in what appears to be the Vertical Assembly Building > being prepared to launch. > Anyone see this ad? As I recall, they sent it to the Blue shuttle launch facility to check out the tolerances in all the pads, etc... to make sure the real shuttles would fit.