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From: mmachlis@athena.mit.edu (Matthew A Machlis)
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Subject: Re: Intelsat salvage mission
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What do you mean, "during space-station operations, something NASA hass
yet to attempt?"  Has everyone forgotten about Skylab?  I admit myself
that Skylab is probably the one past NASA project that I know the least
about, but it seemed to be a   pretty good station.  When I saw the backup
Skylab at the Air & Space Museum last week I was amazed at how large it
was.  Much larger than the Soviets' current stations.  I still can't believe
we just let it burn up.
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