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Sun Mar  7 22:23:49 1982
Re: STS-3
See (as usual) Aviation Week (1 March) for a
detailed mission summary.  The two major experiments
are (1) a continuation of electrophoresis work begun
on SkyLab (for concentration of various biological
substances) and (2) casting large latex spheres, which
are of interest for such applications as delivering
medication to specific sites in the body.  These
experiments will be conducted during a couple days
of "low gravity" (minimal thruster firing).  Other
activities during the 8-day mission include thermal
stress testing (making sure the payload bay doors
still work when they move from extreme cold (shadow)
into extended periods of sunlight), and testing
passive cooling (putting the shuttle into a slow
roll to minimize demand on heating and cooling systems).

--Bruce