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From: nickw@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Nick Watkins)
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Subject: Re: space news from June 11 AW&ST
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Date: 1 Aug 90 08:47:09 GMT
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From article <1990Jul23.045611.8147@zoo.toronto.edu>, by henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer):

> NASA cancels the OMV, citing funding shortages and little near-term need.
> The only firm plans for its use were reboost of HST and AXAF, which can
> be done [not as well] by the shuttle itself.  
 It is also an irritant to the Canadian/US WISP-HF plasma physics mission
which had hoped to use the OMV.

Nick
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