"MichaelJP" wrote:

"Danny Deger" wrote in message
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Here's another section of my autobiography on STS-37 landing short of the
runway.

Within days of my taking over this job, a shuttle landed short of the
runway. Fortunately, the landing was on the lakebed and Edwards Air Force
Base, where landing short is not a problem. If the landing had been at
Kennedy, we would have lost the orbiter and the crew.
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Interesting stuff, I didn't know about this.

It's a well known story - Danny just adds a few details and his own
unique spin.

Hypothetically, if this had taken place at KSC, is there nowhere the
orbiter could have been belly landed with some chance of survival? Could a
shuttle ditch without being destroyed?

No and no.

D.
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-Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings.
Oct 5th, 2004 JDL