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From: petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Acronyms
Message-ID: <2680@phred.UUCP>
Date: 7 Aug 89 13:17:46 GMT
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In article <7364@bunny.GTE.COM> s914@GTE.COM (Lawrence Bilker) writes:
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> I always thought VAB meant Vehicle Assembly Building (like OV)

It was originally the Vertical Assembly Building because that is where they
stacked up the Saturn V's and IB's for the Apollo missions. I like it
better than "Vehicle".

Peter..........