From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ihps3!houxz!houxi!houxa!houxm!npois!npoiv!alice!sjb
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Title: Re: challenger?
Article-I.D.: alice.1171
Posted: Fri Nov 19 15:48:16 1982
Received: Sat Nov 20 03:49:51 1982
References: ihuxe.155

Challenger is actually outfitted to be an operational vehicle.
This is space for 7 people, 4 in the cabin, 3 below decks,
and more cargo space.  It also has some improvements in
areas where the Columbia was found lacking in test
flights (that's what the test flights were for)