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- From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
- Subject: Re: Shuttle Replacement
- Message-ID: <By6su3.B7w@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 20:56:25 GMT
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- In article <By5IAH.21o.1@cs.cmu.edu> 0004244402@mcimail.com (Karl Dishaw) writes:
- >Has the shuttle ever lifted more than 20 tons (vs. the rated capacity
- >of 30 tons)? ...
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- That "rated capacity" is obsolete; the shuttle has never been capable of
- lifting that much without violating one operating rule or another. (Yes,
- this means that the original specs were never met.)
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