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From: knudsen@ihlpl.ATT.COM (Knudsen)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: space news from Aug 15 AW&ST
Summary: Re-entry danger?
Message-ID: <6768@ihlpl.ATT.COM>
Date: 19 Sep 88 16:49:51 GMT
References: <1988Sep12.032459.25617@utzoo.uucp> <972@netxcom.UUCP> <1988Sep17.222225.9422@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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In article <1988Sep17.222225.9422@utzoo.uucp>, henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
> highly reliable solution to the reboost/de-orbit problem -- NASA is
> paranoid about a repetition of Skylab.

Is an ET much of a threat if it re-enters at an unpredictable
time?  Are there any massive solid parts of it that would
reach the ground in one piece at high velocity, like the Skylab's
telescope mount?  Overall the ET is pretty flimsy.

There might be some 17-inch valves -- pretty heavy stuff, but
maybe these are all on the orbiter.  Would appreciate the facts
from one who knows.  Thanks, mike k