Path: utzoo!attcan!ncrcan!ziebmef!mdf From: mdf@ziebmef.mef.org (Matthew Francey) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: An idea Message-ID: <1989Sep26.220340.13871@ziebmef.mef.org> Date: 27 Sep 89 02:03:38 GMT References: <1401.251BA8CC@branch.FIDONET.ORG> Reply-To: mdf@ziebmef.mef.org (Matthew Francey) Organization: Ziebmef Public Access Unix, Toronto, Ontario Lines: 25 >In an article of <21 Sep 89 00:46:02 GMT>, davek@lakesys.UUCP (Dave Kraft) >writes: > > >Here's an idea I've been thinking about since Hugo seems to be destined > >to > >smash into the east coast.. > > > >If a shuttle has been rolled out, why can't they roll it out onto a > >platform > >that goes down into the earrth to protect it? (kinda like a big > >elevator), and > >then people on the surface could put tarps, ect. over the hole, and wait > >for > >the storm to pass?? My idea is a bit more radical.... I say that NASA should launch a shuttle from inside the eye of a hurricane, since the very low air pressure -> higher engine thrust. Of course, there are some minor problems like moving the shuttle around so the eye passes over it, and whether or not it can stay upright in 150kmh+ winds... (and a friend pointed out that SRB recovery would be an, er, interesting exercise.) But hey, anything for those extra kilograms into orbit, right? :-) -- Name: Matthew Francey Address: N43o34'13.5" W79o34'33.3" 86m mdf@ziebmef.mef.org uunet!{utgpu!moore,attcan!telly}!ziebmef!mdf