RE:

["Robert Conley" <estar@xxxxxxxxxx>]

It was part of the Air Force's requirement that it be able to launch into
polar orbit from Vandenburg. In fact there is a mothballed shuttle launch
facility out there.

ROb


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Van den Bossche [mailto:chris.vdb@chello.be]
> Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 6:39 AM
> To: orbiter@firedrake.org
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> Just for trying out this new orbiter mailing list.
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> Hey, I found out it IS possible to launch Atlantis in a polar orbit and
> keep enough fuel in the OMS to de-orbit it again... :-)
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> With a little cheat (editing the .scn file after reaching LEO)
> you can even
> send Atlantis to the moon heh heh....
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> Chris.
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