bob haller safety advocate wrote:

well assuming the capsule can land on both water and land in a
emergency that would elminate another fkight constraint.

Only routinely being able to land at a PREPARED facility really eliminates
any useful flight constraint.

Screw preparing for emergencies, prepare for the routine.

That's one thing that the shuttle "sort of" got right. landing within miles
of where it took off (sometimes) and making a short ride over to being
refurbed.

Everyone seems to want to ignore the cost of the standing navy for water
landing craft.



in a real bad day land anywhere

--
Greg Moore
Ask me about lily, an RPI based CMC.