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From: dal@tasmania.micro.umn.edu (David A. Larsen)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Vandenburg (was Re: Two Shuttles at Once???)
Summary: converted
Message-ID: <118@tasmania.micro.umn.edu>
Date: 20 Sep 89 13:31:29 GMT
References: <3330022@hpindda.HP.COM> <12154@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> <251@bmers58.UUCP>
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In article <251@bmers58.UUCP>, hwt@.uucp (Henry Troup) writes:
> In article <1989Sep14.161150.25944@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
> >thoroughly mothballed and would be quite expensive to revive.  Much of the
> >support equipment has dispersed to other uses, the skilled crews have done
> >likewise, and in general the USAF has completely lost interest.
> 
I heard from a pretty reliable source that they are converting that pad
to a Titan 4 pad. In addition the USAF ( or military in general) plans
to use the Titan 4's for most, if not all, of their payloads.

BTW I stood on that a few years ago. It is amazing how BIG every
thing is. 

Dave Larsen
dal@boombox.micro.umn.edu