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From: CHEEHH@jane.uh.edu (Rikhit Arora)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: SSME ignition in the launch timeline.
Message-ID: <5101@jane.uh.edu>
Date: 2 Dec 89 00:13:14 GMT
References: <5091@jane.uh.edu> <1730@hiatus.dec.com>
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In article <1730@hiatus.dec.com>, fisher@devo.dec.com writes:
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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
Come to think of it, 7 seconds does seem to be too long.  But that's the
number given in the STS-34 press kit from which I lifted the countdown schedule.
Comments anyone??
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