gandalf@pro-electric.cts.com (Ken Hollis) (05/05/91)
Greetings and Salutations: In article <1880@eastman.UUCP>, harding%b56vxg.dnet@kodak.com (JON HARDING) writes: > I have read that there is a lot of stuff floating around up there. > So... Do the shuttle pilots/ground staff have to steer around this junk? > Is the junk spread out over such a wide area, (3D), that the probability > of collision is negligible? If not, how do they avoid old junk or KH-12s? There are ColA's (Collison Avoidance) windows during launch windows that help to take care of space junk flying overhead. This is how it is done for the lauches. Ken Hollis Contact Ken Hollis through these paths: ProLine: gandalf@pro-electric ARPA: crash!pro-electric!gandalf@nosc.mil UUCP: crash!pro-electric!gandalf Internet: gandalf@pro-electric.cts.com