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SPACE Digest V2 #36
>From OTA@S1-A Wed Nov 18 03:06:07 1981

SPACE Digest                                      Volume 2 : Issue 36

Today's Topics:
                  What they did during shuttle reentry
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Date: 17 Nov 1981 0702-PST
From: Paul Dietz <DIETZ AT USC-ECL>
Subject: What they did during shuttle reentry
To: Space-Enthusiasts at MIT-MC, SPACE at MIT-MC, rem at MIT-MC
cc: DIETZ at USC-ECL
In-Reply-To: Your message of 17-Nov-81 0302-PST

They were planning to perturb the shuttle during the hypersonic part of
its reentry to test its stability.

The landing was great! (Kind of cold and dusty, though).

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