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From: ks@astrovax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Consequences of STS-9 delay
Message-ID: <73@astrovax.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 22-Oct-83 21:44:23 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct 22 21:44:23 1983
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Organization: Princeton Univ. Astrophysics
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I thought I would pass on some information that I have recently learned that
answered my own question about the possible effects of a STS-9 delay until
February on the planned launch of the Challenger in January.  The answer:
None.  According to NASA administrator James Beggs, in an interview with
WPRB radio here in Princeton, the Challenger will be unaffected by the
Columbia/Spacelab delay even if it is to last until February.
     One of the reasons that the Challenger mission (at one time called STS-11)
will be unaffected is that the planned November STS-10 mission was cancelled
due to IUS (Inertial Upper Stage) problems.  It's a sad state when one problem
causes the cancellation of a mission, giving subsequent missions' problems 
more time for resolution.