Re: FT: Carriers

Karl Heinz Wrote:

>Possible, but not strictly neccessary. Not that the Space Shuttle
>decelerates with its main engines facing forward in the direction of
>movement. After the burning, there is enough time to rotate to fly nose
>forward before reentry.

I was not aware.... thanks....

I guess it depends on what is more of a problem: the
>extra complexity of rotating catapult cradles or the extra fuel aboard
a
>fighter.

And PSB-wise, that's a matter of which necessitates a cooler-looking 
solution.

2B^2

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