Maybe an attack on the launch pad/Space Shuttle would require more than 24 hours of planning. Perhaps it would be time critical. If they got a hijacked plane through the security net (somehow..), they couldn't just hover around, waiting for the launch to occur. << but why would they care? If the point is to try and ram the shuttle after liftoff then those are some stupid terrorist. If the point is to try and destroy one on the pad then any time after the vehicle is taken to the pad would do splendidly. Fueled or partially fueled it effect would even be larger. If the point is to try a man pack against the shuttle again why wait until it launches? First off I bet that a man pack would quickly be out of its engagement range (after launch) based on where the thing would have to be launched from. Second if one is going to engage it from the ground the pad itself is doubtless "hot" enough just by some of the equipment working around there. In fact the decision to not release launch times is silly. Someone said "what security precautsions should we take that dont cost a lot of money" and this was I think the best that can be done. As for making the TLE's secret. Another silly move. Robert _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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