Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Shuttle Status for 08/27/90 (Forwarded)
Message-ID: <1990Aug31.154012.8385@zoo.toronto.edu>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <27284@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <868@dg.dg.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 90 15:40:12 GMT

In article <868@dg.dg.com> ahughes@arch386.rtp.dg.com (Arch Hughes) writes:
>Do the safety rules for KSC operations allow to shuttles to be
>on the pads at the same time?

Yes.  In fact, as I recall, it's happening right now, with Discovery
on the pad while Columbia counts down.

It *is* forbidden for crews to be working on one pad while another is
in the final stages of countdown, though.
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