ewiles@netxdev.DHL.COM (Edwin Wiles) (09/08/89)
Hello all! A question has just occurred to me. I know that the shuttle is incapable of getting off the ground itself, without the boosters and the external tank. BUT, Could it move itself around on the ground by using the Oribtal Maneuvering System? "Who?... Me?... WHAT opinions?!?" | Edwin Wiles Schedule: (n.) An ever changing nightmare. | NetExpress Comm., Inc. ..!uunet!netxcom!ewiles (I'm certain!) | 1953 Gallows Rd. Suite 300 OR ewiles@iad-nxe.global-mis.DHL.COM (I think!) | Vienna, VA 22182
henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) (09/08/89)
In article <1435@netxcom.UUCP> ewiles@netxdev.DHL.COM (Edwin Wiles) writes: >BUT, Could it move itself around on the ground by using the >Oribtal Maneuvering System? Maybe a little bit; the thrust isn't very high. On the other hand, it doesn't take a whole lot to move something like that with the brakes off. Do remember that the exhaust would be highly poisonous. -- 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