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- From: filfeit@rael.Tymnet.COM (Fil Feit)
- Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
- Subject: Re: window's
- Message-ID: <2162@tymix.Tymnet.COM>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 16:42:41 GMT
- References: <712233454.F00001@csource.oz.au>
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- In article F00001@csource.oz.au, John.Bennett@f301.n670.z3.fidonet.org (John Bennett) writes:
- >
- > Giday All
- >
- > Can someone explain please just exactly what is meant by 'Window'.
- >I know that it's a hole but that is about all I really properly
- >understand.
- >
- > ...JOHN...
- > * Origin: Tassie DataBank Line #03, D'bridge Tasmania 2800mb PEP (3:670/301)
-
-
- It's much more than that. It's actually a device that allows one to see
- through walls. B-]
-
- Are you refering to a "launch window"? If so, I can give you a layman's
- response: it's the time frame during which a rocket may be launched for
- a particular mission. There may be factors, such as the location of other
- orbiting bodies, or a requirement to be at a certain place at a certain time,
- that would make a mission useless unless launched within a "window".
-
- In the event the rocket is launched when that window is closed, you hear a
- loud *bang*, and there's falling glass everywhere.
-
- --f2
-
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