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From: fisher@devo.dec.com
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: SSME ignition in the launch timeline.
Message-ID: <1730@hiatus.dec.com>
Date: 1 Dec 89 05:58:49 GMT
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>T+7 seconds              Shuttle clears launch tower and
>                         control switches to JSC.
Are you sure about this one?  Seems like 7 seconds is more like the
tower clear time of a Saturn V.  The shuttle is more like a couple seconds!

Burns