To: txradioguy
"4.1 MILLION tons" WoW!
Actually it weighs about 200,000 pounds (I haven't been able to find the exact numbers)
Columbia is the heaviest orbiter and this was the heaviest reentry ever attempted. Causes more heating. Might have been just a little too heavy.
To: John Jamieson
Guess that's what I get for listening to the TV "experts" LOL! math never ws my strong suite either it looks like.
486 posted on
02/02/2003 4:37:01 PM PST by
txradioguy
(Doing my part to keep the country free)
To: John Jamieson
...this was the heaviest reentry ever attempted.I wasn't aware of that. Why? Columbia had [damn, I hate using the past tense] flown lab missions many times. What was different about this one?
More "junk in the trunk", or were some mods made at Palmdale? {I know about the "glass cockpit").
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