Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!reed!glacier!thebox!dadams From: dadams@thebox.rain.com (Dean Adams) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: STS-40 Message-ID: Date: 31 May 91 08:40:38 GMT References: <435@alchemy.UUCP> Sender: dadams@thebox.rain.com Organization: TheBox - Public Access Xenix Lines: 28 scanman@alchemy.UUCP (Marshal Perlman) writes: > Hello Everyone. I just have a simple question or two. > > I just got back from Hawaii and have heard 0 info re: STS-40. I heard that it > was 'stopped' last week. #1 When did it or when is to going to 'get off the > ground', and my second question, (#2) While on the island of Oahu, I saw two > HUGE radio telescopes, one pointed at the horizion and ther other poined > straight up at a 90 degree angle from the ground...What might they be? They > were heavily guarded etc... #1: The launch for the STS-40/SLS-1 mission has been set for Saturday, June 1, at 8:00am (EST). The faulty computer components were replaced, and the SSME temprature sensors were checked, replaced, or plugged... #2: Sounds like NO radio telescope, but rather a military satellite facility. There is a whole FLEET of 'em floatin' around up there...! -{ Dean Adams }- -- TheBox Public Access Xenix - Gresham OR +1 503-669-7291 +1 503-669-7395