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From: petej@phred.UUCP (Peter Jarvis)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Shuttle Status for 04/19/91 (Forwarded)
Message-ID: <3380@phred.UUCP>
Date: 24 Apr 91 22:24:41 GMT
References: <1991Apr22.014200.4520@news.arc.nasa.gov> <267@rml.UUCP> <1991Apr23.114242.12469@pbs.org>
Reply-To: petej@phred.UUCP (Peter Jarvis)
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In article <1991Apr23.114242.12469@pbs.org> pstinson@pbs.org writes:
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>In this case VAB stands for Vehicle Assembly Building and it is located at the
>Cape (in Florida).  It was originally used for Saturn V's and is large enough
>to hold several moonrockets in the verticle position. 

Which is why it was named the Vertical Assembly Building.

Peter Jarvis..........