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From: john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Salyut 7 to reenter Feb. 6-7th
Message-ID: <641@newave.UUCP>
Date: 8 Feb 91 23:54:30 GMT
References: <9102060831.AA07882@cs.sfu.ca>
Reply-To: john@newave.mn.org (John A. Weeks III)
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In article <9102060831.AA07882@cs.sfu.ca> glennc@CS.SFU.CA writes:

> A sad end to a station that for four years was the only semipermanent 
> base of mankind in space.

At least Salyut 7 flew before it came to an end.  I am not so sure
that Fred will ever see the hardware stage.  And at least Salyut 7
had a successor.  Skylab came to the same end as Salyut 7, with
no follow in sight.

-john-

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