Re: space shuttle replacement

On 3 Feb 2007 10:44:18 -0800, "mmaker@xxxxxxxxxxx"
<mmaker@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

No - it doesn't do so 'naturally'. It does so because the designers
of the capsule provided for it, and the operators thereof properly
(and carefully) ensured that it was loaded such that the C.G. was
properly located. (A typical ICBM warhead, conical like a capsule,
'naturally' comes in PEF, not BEF.)

Irrelevant, because it also comes in _heat shield forward_, which is
what counts. Who has ever designed a capsule which didn't?

That doesn't guarantee safe return. Look at Soyuz 1.

Brian
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