From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ihps3!houxz!houxi!houxa!houxm!npois!npoiv!alice!sjb
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Title: Possible Main Engine Problem
Article-I.D.: alice.1338
Posted: Fri Dec 24 07:18:50 1982
Received: Mon Dec 27 02:06:04 1982

Officials have delayed announcing a firm launch date for STS-6 until
the first week in January in order to more carefully examine a possible
fault detected by the test firing of the Challenger's three main engines
last Saturday.  Preliminary data indicates a higher than expected concentration
of hydrogen in the rear compartment of the shuttle following the test.
Officials, who had planned to announce a date yesterday, will wait until
the cause is found and a remedy determined to announce the date.  27
January had been the target date since the test firing.