goun@elmer.DEC (Roger H. Goun) (04/08/84)
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Today's edition of The Boston Globe carries a front page photograph of the
flight of Challenger with its external tank and SRBs. The vehicle is shown
flying upward at about a 45 degree angle, with the orbiter ON TOP.
I was under the impression that in previous flights, the vehicle flew with
the orbiter upside down beneath the tank. Was this done previously but not
on 41C, was the picture printed upside down, or am I mistaken?
-- Roger Goun
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Tel: (617) 568-6311alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum) (04/08/84)
Your picture is misguided. The orbiter performed its post- launch roll just as always and flew ''upside down''
ron@brl-vgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (04/09/84)
Just reminds me of the cartoon on my door (this is the U.S. Army Ballistic Research Labs). There is a general standing on top of the shuttle shouting "How can we possibly use this for defense purposes. Those NASA dummies put the bomb bays on the wrong side." -Ron (I am not Sargeant Pinback) Natalie Please come back in to the bomb bay. OK. But this is the last time.