To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
The shuttle was traveling 200 miles a minute, 3.3 miles a second over Texas. It was traveling 280 miles a minute, 4.7 miles a second at initial de-orbit. First rrouble with sensors was first noticed at least 1400 miles before loss of com.
31 posted on
02/01/2003 2:56:17 PM PST by
jlogajan
To: jlogajan
The shuttle was traveling 200 miles a minute, 3.3 miles a second over Texas. It was traveling 280 miles a minute, 4.7 miles a second at initial de-orbit. First rrouble with sensors was first noticed at least 1400 miles before loss of com. Wouldn't that put it over the coastal area of central California? Or further inland or east, like the Sierras?
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