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From: cheehh@jane.uh.edu
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Acronym Overload (was Re: Direct ascent trajectory)
Message-ID: <5347.25b332c0@jane.uh.edu>
Date: 16 Jan 90 20:42:08 GMT
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In article <54016@srcsip.UUCP>, hoyme@SRC.Honeywell.COM (Ken Hoyme) writes:
>>TAL = Trans-Atlantic Abort
>>Ken Hoyme                    Honeywell Systems and Research Center
>>(612)782-7354                3660 Technology Dr., Minneapolis, MN 55418
>>Internet: hoyme@src.honeywell.com
> 
> Please ignore this posting...the author of it must be suffering from a
> brain disorder that results in an inability to spell or form acronyms.
> He is receiving treatment, but occasionally sneaks onto the net without
> supervision.  :-)
> 
> Ken Hoyme                   

Well, TAL *is* Trans-Atlantic Landing abort [along with RTLS (Return To 
Launch Site abort, AOA (Abort Once Around) and ATO (Abort To Orbit)].
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