Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!mvac23!thomas From: thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Why STS-35 is being launched at night. Message-ID: <254.UUL1.3#5131@mvac23.UUCP> Date: 28 May 90 23:55:08 GMT References: <6282.266023d3@jetson.uh.edu> Sender: usenet@udel.EDU Organization: MultiVac23, Newark, DE, U.S.A. Lines: 20 > Apparently, the telescopes aboard Astro-1 will be at their best in > the "night" phases on the orbit. Also, they will be unable to function > while the shuttle is in the North Atlantic Anomaly (NAA). Hence, by If this has been brought up before, please e-mail the response to me. Otherwise.... What is the NAA (North American Anomaly)? I've not seen it referred to before. - tom -- internet : mvac23!thomas@udel.edu or thomas%mvac23@udel.edu uucp : {ucbvax,mcvax,psuvax1,uunet}!udel!mvac23!thomas Europe Bitnet: THOMAS1@GRATHUN1 Location: Newark, DE, USA Quote : The only way to win thermonuclear war is not to play. -- The UUCP Mailer