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From: daveb@athena.mit.edu (Dave Balkwill)
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Subject: Re: Shuttle Status for 08/13/90 (Forwarded)
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Date: 14 Aug 90 12:55:21 GMT
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In article <56012@ames.arc.nasa.gov> yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) writes:
>          also  scheduled to continue through tomorrow.  A leak test,  with
>          gaseous helium, of the external tank flange this weekend revealed
>          some leakage,  however,  engineers have determined it  is  within
>          specifications.

OK, I'll bite first.
Anybody know what the "specifications" are?
How stringent are they?
Presumably, they are well within "safe" bounds whatever that may be.

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