To: Magnum44
In additin to the fact that the shuttle orbits 'upside down', which means all we'd see, if we could, would be the top... ;0)
822 posted on
02/03/2003 8:12:03 PM PST by
Chad Fairbanks
('I WISH, at some point, that you would address those damned armadillos in your trousers." - JustShe)
To: Chad Fairbanks
In additin to the fact that the shuttle orbits 'upside down', which means all we'd see, if we could, would be the top... ;0) Actually, it usually orbits in gravity gradient mode, which consumes the least propellant, but if the idea was to get pictures, it could be maneuvered to any favorable attitude for the photo ops.
827 posted on
02/03/2003 8:18:10 PM PST by
Magnum44
(remember the Challenger 7, remember the Columbia 7, and never forget 9-11)
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