Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 05:02:48 From: Space Digest maintainer Reply-To: Space-request@isu.isunet.edu Subject: Space Digest V15 #577 To: Space Digest Readers Precedence: bulk Space Digest Mon, 21 Dec 92 Volume 15 : Issue 577 Today's Topics: Apollo 13 book DC vs Shuttle capabilities Welcome to the Space Digest!! Please send your messages to "space@isu.isunet.edu", and (un)subscription requests of the form "Subscribe Space " to one of these addresses: listserv@uga (BITNET), rice::boyle (SPAN/NSInet), utadnx::utspan::rice::boyle (THENET), or space-REQUEST@isu.isunet.edu (Internet). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 09:23:01 GMT From: "Simon E. Booth" Subject: Apollo 13 book Newsgroups: sci.space There's a book called 'Thirteen: The Flight That Failed" but I forgot the name of the author. Simon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 09:18:28 GMT From: "Simon E. Booth" Subject: DC vs Shuttle capabilities Newsgroups: sci.space Sorry I'm posting this again, but I missed the answers to these questions the last couple of times I posted them. Like I said, my site for some reason junks messages in some groups after only a couple of days or so. (And yet talk.bizarre can exceed 450+ new messages with nothing lost :-) Go figure!) Anyway, I had b Could it carry sufficient fuel for a lunar landing plus return and landing on Earth? I know one problem might be the placement of an airlock for surface EVA's and perhaps the strength of the landing gear on rough surfaces. e living area or just the cockput?). I'm assuming that the crew seats would be configured vertically to minimiaze G-force effects on the crew during launch. Is this correct. Pardon my lack on knowledge on this topic, and I apologize again for the repeated posting, but if my site would allow for a user not logging on all the time I wouldn't have missed the answers the first time! :-) Simon ------------------------------ End of Space Digest Volume 15 : Issue 577 ------------------------------