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From: packer@chrpserv.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Mate-Demate Facility
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Date: 11 Jan 90 13:07:48 GMT
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That's exactly how they do it.  The facility is more than
just a crane--it's a huge framework that is cantilevered
out far enough so that the 747 faces forward into it.