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Subject: Chicago Tribune Article
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Date: Fri, 29-Jun-84 10:48:00 EDT
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From:  gd@sri-spam (Greg DesBrisay)




	Today's Chicago Tribune (Tues., 6/26) has an article
	about the replacement of Discovery's backup computer, 
	described as costing $1.2 million, and weighing 57
	tons.  No wonder it won't fly.



I remember seeing news pictures of a technician picking up and carrying
a box that the reporter said was the backup computer that failed on the
first launch try; it sure didn't look like 57 tons!

By the way, does the Chicago Tribune mean to imply that NASA is going to
throw that 1.2-million dollar computer on the scrap heap?!  Even the
government tries to fix such expensive pieces of equipment and use them
again, don't they?


Greg DesBrisay
gd@sri-spam