To: steveegg
The Columbia was too heavy (being the first shuttle and structurally overbuilt) to reach the ISS, and did not have the docking equipment regardless.
God rest The Penguin.
To: snopercod
Time to get out of here ... the simps have finally arrived in force.
Gresham's Law ("bad money/posters drive out good") is now in effect ...
203 posted on
02/01/2003 3:08:17 PM PST by
_Jim
To: snopercod; Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh
The Columbia was too heavy (being the first shuttle and structurally overbuilt) to reach the ISS, and did not have the docking equipment regardless. That answers that question. Prototypes usually are overbuilt (remember when the external tank was painted?).
213 posted on
02/01/2003 3:20:06 PM PST by
steveegg
(At least you had the guts to answer)
To: snopercod
Did you do the sensors on the Columbia?
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