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From: Tom.Hocking@bbs.acs.unc.edu (Tom Hocking)
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Subject: Definition of "APU"
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Date: 14 Apr 91 15:47:28 GMT
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According to my list of NASA Acronyms, APU stands for "Auxiliary Power
Unit."  However, the shuttle needs them to generate power any time the
orbiter is not attached to umbilicals.	

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Tom Hocking
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Morehead Planetarium
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
starman@unc.bitnet
Tom.Hocking@bbs.acs.unc.edu

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