Xref: utzoo sci.astro:11679 sci.space:27628 sci.space.shuttle:7169 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!bellcore!uunet!samsung!caen!blue.engin.umich.edu!sheppard From: sheppard@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ken Sheppardson) Newsgroups: sci.astro,sci.space,sci.space.shuttle Subject: Mobile Launch Complex (MLC) (was Re: List of Frequently-Seen Acronyms) Message-ID: <1991Feb14.021146.13553@engin.umich.edu> Date: 14 Feb 91 02:11:46 GMT References: <190@miccal.CAMPBELL.CA.US> Sender: news@engin.umich.edu (CAEN Netnews) Distribution: usa Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor Lines: 32 In <190@miccal.CAMPBELL.CA.US> mfoster@nova.UUCP (Michael Foster): >In bradfrd2@ncar.ucar.edu (Mark Bradford): >> >>SIRTF: Space InfraRed Telescope Facility >>SME: Solar Mesosphere Explorer > >You forgot: > >SLC: Space Launch Complex > >As you included VAFB (Vandenberg Air Force Base), I figured you wouldn't >forget the famous (infamous?) SLC-6 (pronounced Slick-Six), the west coast >Shuttle launch complex now in Mothballs. Mothballs ? I thought it was just outside Lompoc, just north of Santa Barbara. Did they just move the entire base or just the SLC ? And where exactly is Mothballs ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote of the Week: "Where are your troops and can I go count them ?" - Iraqi Reporter during Pentagon Briefing skit, SNL, 2/9/91 -- =============================================================================== Ken Sheppardson Email: kcs@sso.larc.nasa.gov Space Station Freedom Advanced Programs Office Phone: (804) 864-7544 NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton VA FAX: (804) 864-1975 ===============================================================================