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From: gandalf@pro-canaveral.cts.com (Ken Hollis)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re : Servicing VS Deservicing
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Date: 19 Dec 90 23:00:49 GMT
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Greetings and Salutations:

From: clements@cs.utexas.edu (Paul C. Clements)
>Although none of us technologists will probably ever speak anything
>resembling English again, isn't "deservicing" just a word with a couple
>of extra letters up front looking for a job?   Or is there a NASA technical
>definition that distinguishes it from "servicing"?

There actually is a difference between "Servicing" and "Deservicing".  You
service the vehicle at the pad by providing the Fuel Cells, OMS (Orbital
Maneuvering System) Pods or the APUs (Auxiliary Power Units) with fuel /
oxidizer.  You deservice these items by removing the onboard liquids.  The
fuel cells are deserviced out at DFRF (Dryden Flight Research Facility).

Ken Hollis

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