Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!pilchuck!seahcx!phred!petej From: petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Space Program-related acronyms Message-ID: <2686@phred.UUCP> Date: 10 Aug 89 13:21:09 GMT References: <135@sdcc10.ucsd.EDU> <298@opus.NMSU.EDU> <1015@accuvax.nwu.edu> <14531@bfmny0.UUCP> Reply-To: petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis) Organization: <14531@bfmny0.UUCP>o Lines: 14 In article <14531@bfmny0.UUCP> tneff@bfmny0.UUCP (Tom Neff) writes: > >Who decided this was a side effect of using TDRSS? I don't see why that >would work, or even how the buttoned-up and re-entry buffeted shuttle >manages TDRSS AOS in the first place. > >The re-entry ionization blackout has more to do with the severity of >radio noise from the fireball than it does with who's listening, I Tom, I also heard there is no more black-out on re-entry because of TDRS. Apparently the Shuttle can transmit up to the TDRS during this time, and from there to White Sands. Peter Jarvis...