alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum) (08/03/85)
The U.S. and Chile today signed an eight year pact under which Chile will allow NASA to modify the runway on Easter Island for use in case of an emergency shuttle landing there. NASA will be able to keep people there and, in an actual emergency, send up to 450 specialists at one time. The pact grants only the present four shuttles landing priviledges and only as long as they are owned and operated by NASA.
bradley@im4u.UUCP (08/04/85)
In article <4102@alice.UUCP> alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum) writes: >The U.S. and Chile today signed an eight year pact under which >Chile will allow NASA to modify the runway on Easter Island for >use in case of an emergency shuttle landing there. A while back someone posted an article stating that the giant heads on Easter Island would be in danger if the runway on the island was extended. Does anybody know if this is still true? -- David K. Bradley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Science Department, The University of Texas at Austin bradley@ut-sally.UUCP {ihnp4,harvard,gatech,ctvax,seismo}!ut-sally!bradley -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
slerner@sesame.UUCP (Simcha-Yitzchak Lerner) (08/05/85)
> In article <4102@alice.UUCP> alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum) writes: > >The U.S. and Chile today signed an eight year pact under which > >Chile will allow NASA to modify the runway on Easter Island for > >use in case of an emergency shuttle landing there. > > A while back someone posted an article stating that the giant heads on Easter > Island would be in danger if the runway on the island was extended. Does > anybody know if this is still true? > > -- > David K. Bradley > Maybe they'll strain their necks watching all the traffic come and go... -- Opinions expressed are public domain, and do not belong to Lotus Development Corp. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Simcha-Yitzchak Lerner {genrad|ihnp4|ima}!wjh12!talcott!sesame!slerner {cbosgd|harvard}!talcott!sesame!slerner slerner%sesame@harvard.ARPA
slerner@sesame.UUCP (Simcha-Yitzchak Lerner) (08/05/85)
[] [If this is a duplicate, sorry...postnews took a hit 1st time around.] > In article <4102@alice.UUCP> alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum) writes: > >The U.S. and Chile today signed an eight year pact under which > >Chile will allow NASA to modify the runway on Easter Island for > >use in case of an emergency shuttle landing there. > > A while back someone posted an article stating that the giant heads on Easter > Island would be in danger if the runway on the island was extended. Does > anybody know if this is still true? > > -- > David K. Bradley > Maybe they are afraid the heads will get stiff necks watching all the traffic come and go... -- Opinions expressed are public domain, and do not belong to Lotus Development Corp. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Simcha-Yitzchak Lerner {genrad|ihnp4|ima}!wjh12!talcott!sesame!slerner {cbosgd|harvard}!talcott!sesame!slerner slerner%sesame@harvard.ARPA
peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva) (08/12/85)
> > In article <4102@alice.UUCP> alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum) writes: > > >The U.S. and Chile today signed an eight year pact under which > > >Chile will allow NASA to modify the runway on Easter Island for > > >use in case of an emergency shuttle landing there. Anyone read "Shuttle Down", by G. Hank Stine? -- Peter da Silva (the mad Australian) UUCP: ...!shell!neuro1!{hyd-ptd,baylor,datafac}!peter MCI: PDASILVA; CIS: 70216,1076
stanley@bmcg.UUCP (Stanley S. Acton) (08/17/85)
> > > In article <4102@alice.UUCP> alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum) writes: > > > >The U.S. and Chile today signed an eight year pact under which > > > > ...... > Anyone read "Shuttle Down", by G. Hank Stine? > -- That is suppose to be Shuttle Down by LEE CORREY. -- ..!sdcsvax!bmcg!stanley Stanley S. Acton Burroughs Corporation Advanced Systems Group (619) 485-4494
scottb@iddic.UUCP (scott bigger) (08/19/85)
In article <1807@bmcg.UUCP> stanley@bmcg.UUCP (Stanley S. Acton) writes: >> > > In article <4102@alice.UUCP> alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum) writes: >> > > >The U.S. and Chile today signed an eight year pact under which >> > > > ...... >> Anyone read "Shuttle Down", by G. Hank Stine? >> -- > >That is suppose to be Shuttle Down by LEE CORREY. >-- Of 'course you all knew already that Lee Correy is G. Harry Stine's pen name (for fiction) so I won't bother you with that. More importantly, the book is not bad, not great, but not bad. Have you folks thought seriously about the implications of a shuttle being forced to land in possibly unfriendly territory? In Shuttle Down, Easter Island was not a contingency landing sight, it just happened to be the only possible place to land without ending up in the drink. Correy (Stine) studied the political ramifications (CIA and KGB everywhere); with good 'cause. Both the US and the Soviet Union are signatory to a treaty on the safe return of astronauts/cosmonauts as well as taking care of what happens when things fall on other countries. We got pretty lucky with Skylab. How many of you remember the Cosmos 901 (#?) that fell on Canada; didn't hit anyone but the nuclear power source is responsible for the injury (or did they die?) of two Canadians. USSR attitude followed the lines of "Sorry, we don't want it back, no we won't clean it up, it's too bad if someone got hurt, and besides that we deny that it's even ours, so there." A shuttle crew being forced to land in Warsaw Pact nations would no doubt be treated as infiltrators in a thinly veiled imperialist attempt to spy on the motherland. The shuttle would be held as evidence. Surprise, surprise. I wonder what the NASA contingency is for such an event, I'm not even sure what the official plan states. Interesting problem. Scott Bigger tektronix!iddic!scottb Forgive my lack of paragraphs.
mcb@styx.UUCP (Michael C. Berch) (08/20/85)
> > Anyone read "Shuttle Down", by G. Hank Stine? ... > That is suppose to be Shuttle Down by LEE CORREY. Lee Correy == pseudonym of G. Hank Stine. ----- Michael C. Berch mcb@lll-tis-b.ARPA {akgua,allegra,cbosgd,decwrl,dual,ihnp4,sun}!idi!styx!mcb
msj@gitpyr.UUCP (Mike St. Johns) (08/21/85)
In article <1807@bmcg.UUCP> stanley@bmcg.UUCP (Stanley S. Acton) writes: >> > > In article <4102@alice.UUCP> alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum) writes: >> > > >The U.S. and Chile today signed an eight year pact under which >> > > > ...... >> Anyone read "Shuttle Down", by G. Hank Stine? >> -- > >That is suppose to be Shuttle Down by LEE CORREY. Lee Correy is the pen name (sci fic at least) of G Harry Stine who is better known for his model rocketry. So you are both right. -- Mike St. Johns Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!msj StJohns@MIT-Multics.ARPA (404) 982-0035
peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva) (08/21/85)
> > > > In article <4102@alice.UUCP> alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum) writes: > > > > >The U.S. and Chile today signed an eight year pact under which > > > > > ...... > > Anyone read "Shuttle Down", by G. Hank Stine? > > -- > > That is suppose to be Shuttle Down by LEE CORREY. Lee Correy is a pen name of G. Hank Stine. I couldn't remember what his pen name was on that book when I left the message. Sorry if it caused any confusion. -- Peter (Made in Australia) da Silva UUCP: ...!shell!neuro1!{hyd-ptd,baylor,datafac}!peter MCI: PDASILVA; CIS: 70216,1076