kenchan (01/12/83)
Does anyone know why the shuttle rolls (about 90 degrees) just after it takes off? Ken Chan (houxq!kenchan)
emrath (01/14/83)
#R:houxq:-25000:uiucdcs:8500005:000:263 uiucdcs!emrath Jan 14 01:54:00 1983 I believe it is in order to point it in the right direction. Without the roll it would head NE along the coast, right over heavily populated regions. Why it is oriented on the pad this way I don't know. If I'm way off base on this one, sorry - please correct me.