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From: ralph@inuxc.UUCP (Ralph Keyser)
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Subject: Re: The Final Definitive Answer on the Fuel Question
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Date: Fri, 13-Apr-84 12:46:03 EST
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A couple of additional points:
1) The "red-line" on the MMU was pretty high. Nelson had just under
   50% of his fuel remaining when he returned to the shuttle.
2) The shuttle is the second backup in the event of an MMU failure.
   If an astronaut has an MMU failure, then either the shuttle itself
   or another crew member in the second MMU would go for the rescue.
   Because the shuttle was low on fuel (down to 21% in the forward RCS)
   [See Adam's article for more details], the second MMU was tested
   inside the cargo bay only. Ox did the flying on that one.

CNN provides much better coverage of inflight events than the
networks. They were very clear about the entire fuel issue and what
it meant to the mission.

				Ralph Keyser
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