[net.columbia] Shuttle

sjb (07/29/82)

A high NASA official said yesterday that the fifth flight of
the space shuttle will probably land at KSC.  Though they do
not yet have cross winds landing experience, NASA people feel
confident that the shuttle can land there, after they saw how
well it performed on EAFB's concrete runway.

In other news, the same official said that the failure of the
parachutes may have been caused by a malfunctioning sensor
that cut half of the lines leading to the main parachutes,
preventing the others from opening, as it opened instead of
upon impact with the water.