Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: New Space SHuttle Message-ID: <1989Aug11.231441.443@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <893.24E15AED@mcastl.fidonet.org> Date: Fri, 11 Aug 89 23:14:41 GMT In article <893.24E15AED@mcastl.fidonet.org> Terry.S.@mcastl.fidonet.org (Terry S.) writes: > I read somewhere that the space shuttle to replace Challenger will be > called Endeavor. Endeavour. It's named after one of Captain Cook's ships, and the Royal Navy spells that word with a 'u'. > Does anyone know when the construction is to be finished... 1992, I think. I could be wrong on this, my memory of it is vague. > will it be be different from the rest of the fleet and have added > features and a slightly different design or cargo size? ... It will be built to be essentially identical to Atlantis, although some minor changes planned for the entire fleet may appear in Endeavour first and be retrofitted into the others later. -- V7 /bin/mail source: 554 lines.| Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology 1989 X.400 specs: 2200+ pages. | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu