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From: dant@mrloog.WR.TEK.COM (Dan Tilque)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Acronym Overload (was Re: Direct ascent trajectory)
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Date: 16 Jan 90 02:04:20 GMT
References: <1641BARRY@RICEVM1>
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Houston, this is Columbia,... we have Acronym Overload, I repeat, Acronym
Overload... please advise.

In article <1641BARRY@RICEVM1> BARRY@RICEVM1.BITNET writes stuff with too
many acronyms.  Some of them I knew but could someone else fill in the
rest:

OMS-{1,2} - Orbiter (? Orbital) Maneuvering System (This was a guess)
MECO - ?
TAL - ?
RCS-1 - ?

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Dan Tilque	--	dant@mrloog.WR.TEK.COM

"The Mars mission won't be cheap -- the cost is currently estimated at
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