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- From: BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: Saturn lift capabilities
- Message-ID: <72595@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 21:11:00 PST
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- >A question: was a fully fueled CSM, flown in the ASTP launch inclination,
- >capable of reboosting Skylab? Was it structurally feasible? If so, when
- >was the decision made not to reboost after the AST-part of the mission was
- >over?
- >---
- >Gerald Cecil
-
- Structurally feasible, yes, at least on the SkyLab side of the dock.
- The TRS was supposed to reboost Skylab using this port.
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- The decision not to send an Apollo to reboost SkyLab was made almost
- entirely on the premise that Shuttle would be flying long before
- Skylab deorbited. But Shuttle was late and atmospheric expansion in
- that Solar Maximum was greater than expected. End result: chunks of
- Skylab in the Australian outback.
-
- -Brian
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