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From: gsh7w@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Hennessy)
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Subject: Re: Columbia showing her age?
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Date: 13 Dec 90 20:34:34 GMT
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In article <51161@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>
v071pzp4@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu writes: 
#Columbia only had one problem -- and that was with the waste water tanks.
#The computers that burned out were Astro's not the shuttle's. Or am
#I mistaken?

The DDU's that burned out were part of Spacelab.

#If they were Astro's, I'd say Columbia did just fine. It'll be a shame
#that the media will call it a NASA setback, because Astro was European.

There was one package from University of Wisconsin, one from John
Hopkins, and two from Goddard Space flight center. All made in the US
of A.


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