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- Subject: What "supports" the stack on the pad
- Date: 6 Jan 1993 18:18:55 GMT
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- Here's a question my inquiring mind wants to know. How is the orbiter stack
- supported on the moblie launch platform? Is it "standing" on SRB's? For that
- matter how are any of these launch vehicles supported prior to launch? I can't
- see the engine nozzles supporting all that weight. Also, as a sidebar, what is
- the function of the two rectangular shaped items in front of the wings of the
- orbiter while on the pad? I seem to recall some reference to and umbilical
- housing of some sort.
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- Thanks - Jim
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