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From: jack@rml.UUCP (jack hagerty)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Shuttle Status for 04/19/91 (Forwarded)
Message-ID: <267@rml.UUCP>
Date: 22 Apr 91 16:49:13 GMT
References: <1991Apr22.014200.4520@news.arc.nasa.gov>
Reply-To: jack@rml.UUCP (jack hagerty)
Organization: Robotic Midwives, Ltd.
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In article <1991Apr22.014200.4520@news.arc.nasa.gov> yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) writes:
>
>          KSC SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT - FRIDAY, APR. 19, 1991 - 10 a.m.
>
>
>                         STS-40 SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS - VAB
>
>
>          WORK IN PROGRESS:
>          - Routing cables between the tank and boosters and  launch  plat-
>          form.
>          - Closing out the solid rocket booster field joints for flight.
>
>          WORK SCHEDULED:
>          - Mating the Shuttle Columbia to the external tank next week.



I know I don't keep up with this group as much as I should, but when was
the go-ahead given to launch the shuttle from Vandenburg? Must have been
over a year ago given the amount of work necessary to get SLC-6 ready.

Will this launch be open to the public, or do we just hang around in Lompoc
and wait for a BIG NOISE  :-)

- Jack


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