Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!ispi!jbayer From: jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: What happened to KSC Shuttle Landings Message-ID: <1173@ispi.UUCP> Date: 26 Sep 89 11:55:48 GMT References: <3410@questar.QUESTAR.MN.ORG> Organization: Intelligent Software Products, Inc. Lines: 19 al@questar.QUESTAR.MN.ORG (Al Viall) writes: >My question to the board is this. Wasn't there alot of talk many years >ago, of using the landing strip at KSC for all shuttle landings, and leaving >Edwards and White Sands as the alternates? >Are they still planning this, or has it been scrapped? After the Challenger they decided that there were too many risks involved to land at KSC (no alternate runway, swamp all around, etc) JB -- Jonathan Bayer Intelligent Software Products, Inc. (201) 245-5922 500 Oakwood Ave. jbayer@ispi.COM Roselle Park, NJ 07204