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From: vp@cuisun.unige.ch (Vassilis Prevelakis)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Shuttle question
Message-ID: <3795@cuisun.unige.ch>
Date: 20 Nov 90 19:23:02 GMT
References: <20489.273935bf@merrimack.edu> <1990Nov19.140100@alazif.cxo.dec.com>
Reply-To: vp@cui.unige.ch (Vassilis Prevelakis)
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In article <1990Nov19.140100@alazif.cxo.dec.com> wherry@alazif.enet.dec.com writes:
>>This may sound like a stupid question, but has there ever been two shuttles in
>>orbit at the same time?
>
>No. JSC is not equipped to handle the telemetry from two oribters at once. 
>They do have two Misson Control Rooms and I believe there is a backup
>Misson Control at Goddard as well.  
>
Eh?  Mission control is in Houston TX.  JSC has LAUNCH CONTROL ROOMS
and it has three of them.  Control is passed over to Houston shortly
after launch.

I am not sure how many mission control rooms are in Houston though.

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