Re: NASA Announces Space Shuttle Atlantis Landing Times for June 22

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June 21, 2007

John Yembrick
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0602

George Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468

MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-71

NASA ANNOUNCES SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS LANDING TIMES FOR FRIDAY

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis' crew members are
spending an extra day in orbit after weather Thursday at the prime
landing site at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., prevented them
from coming home.

Presumably an afternoon KSC landing in the summer is always likely to be waved off if the rule is no showers within 30nm of the runway.

Historically, why was the main space facility built in Florida anyway - wouldn't it have been better to have it in the better climate of the west?

It's a money and time thing. If you can land the shuttle withing 10nm of the OPF/VAB/Launch pads, the return time will be a lot shorter.
When the shuttle needs to land in California, is has to be transported back to Florida, this can take up to a week.

André


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