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From: akerman@qucis.queensu.CA (Richard Akerman)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Payload Status for 11/08/90 (Forwarded)
Summary: BBXRT liquid argon servicing?
Keywords: argon, question, payload
Message-ID: <998@qusuna.queensu.CA>
Date: 9 Nov 90 14:07:09 GMT
References: <1990Nov8.222606.3750@news.arc.nasa.gov>
Organization: Physics Department, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Can.
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In article <1990Nov8.222606.3750@news.arc.nasa.gov> yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) writes:
>
>    Daily Status/KSC Payload Management and Operations 11-08-90
>
>    - STS-35 ASTRO-1/BBXRT (at Pad-B)
>
>    Engineering evaluation of the AST experiment which was
>    contacted by a finger platform yesterday continues.  BBXRT
>    liquid argon servicing will be performed today. 
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I find many of the acronyms in the Payload Status report indecipherable but
this in particular has been puzzling me.  I see frequent mentions of "argon
servicing for the Astro-1".  What exactly is the purpose of this servicing?
Does the payload need some sort of inert environment?

Richard Akerman
Incompetent Physics Grad. Student
Astronomy/Astrophysics Group