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- From: hollis@titan.ksc.nasa.gov
- Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
- Subject: Re : Close launches
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.125709.2992@titan.ksc.nasa.gov>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 17:57:09 GMT
- Organization: NASA, Kennedy Space Center
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- Greetings and Salutations:
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- From: noyes@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov (tom noyes)
- >2) Stresses Cape prelaunch/launch equipment usage (only one launch control)
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- On just about any day, there is usually testing going on in at least 2 or 3 if
- not all 4 firing rooms (one Orbiter per firing room) in the LCC (Launch Control
- Complex). About the only thing that couldn't be done would be a simultaneous
- launch countdown (Range Safety, closeness of Orbiters upon launch, etc.). The
- LCC could handle launches fairly close together. I do believe, however, that
- there is a ?18? day ?21? day requirement between launches of Shuttles.
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- From: jeb2q@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (James E. Bryant)
- >Are there plans in the works or in development for an emergency evacuation
- >re-entry capable vehicle?
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- There was a consideration (may still be active) to use an Apollo capsule - type
- vehicle for Assured Crew Return Vehicle (ACRV) (I think that is the name /
- acronym). Simple vehicle with enough life support to just get them home.
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- From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg)
- >It might be cheaper to pay the Russians to keep their station
- >operational and fly Freedom nearby, close enough to provide the
- >desired redundancy.
-
- If I remember right, the Russian Mir is in a 57 degree some - odd orbit. For
- maximum payload weight, the orbiter goes into approximately a 28.45 degree
- orbit. Changing from one orbit to the other is fairly expensive fuel wise. I
- am assuming that Space Station will require the maximum out of the orbiter
- weight wise, but the payloads guys can tell you better.
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