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From: greg@rapid.Berkeley.EDU (Greg Shippen)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Are launches really running as smoothly as they seem?
Keywords: launch
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Date: 10 Jan 90 19:54:28 GMT
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I heard on the news yesterday that the shuttle lauch went "nearly
flawlessly".  My impression has been that the last 4 or 5 launches
have been very, very smooth overall with only the weather throwing
any significant wrenches into the work.  Am I off-base or aren't
preparations and launches going surprisingly smoothly compared to
pre-Challenger attempts?  Seems like there might be hope of reaching
NASA's "optimistic" lauch schedule...  Comments?

Gregory B. Shippen
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