Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!rochester!udel!mvac23!thomas From: thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: New Space Shuttle Message-ID: <72.UUL1.3#5131@mvac23.UUCP> Date: 18 Aug 89 23:34:39 GMT References: <1989Aug15.170339.3028@l5comp.wa.com> Reply-To: mvac23!thomas@udel.edu Organization: MultiVac23, Newark, DE, U.S.A. Lines: 14 > One change planned for the Endeavour is installing a 30-foot braking parachute > at the base of the vertical stabilizer, to be deployed the instant the rear > landing gear make contact on landing. The article in AW&ST said something How interesting. The USSR space plane was already designed with a drogue chute for use when landing. (Also seen in AW&ST). - tom ============================================================================== Internet: mvac23!thomas@udel.edu | Notice: System or | will be going down mvac23%thomas@udel.edu | at 4:45pm today for uucp: {ucbvax,mcvax,psuvax1,uunet}!udel!mvac23!thomas| a disk crash. Location: Newark, DE, USA | ==============================================================================