West Wing speculation about secret military shuttle

"bob haller" wrote in message
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Theres no reason Moose shouldnt work!


There's plenty of reasons, among them, we don't know if it would be stable
during hypersonic re-entry or even if the astronaut could control the
orientation enough to achieve a stable re-entry.

Granted these days that's probably far easier than it would have been in the
60s, but there's a reason things are modeled, built and tested in the real
world.

Is it possible it could be made to work? Sure? Could it have been made to
work to fit I a suit-cased sized box weighing in at 200lbs, no idea.

And even if it DID work, there's a hell of a lot of ocean out there. I'm
not sure I'd want to be bobbing for hours or even for days, hoping someone
can finally pick me up.




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