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Subject: Re: Fire after Discovery Shutdown?
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Date: Sun, 8-Jul-84 11:35:31 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul  8 11:35:31 1984
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From:  Rick McGeer (on an h19-u) <mcgeer%ucbkim@Berkeley>

	Well, "normal shutdown" is a lot less exciting to a TV audience than
incredible danger, and Today is consistently beneath GMA in the morning
ratings.  I suppose BG smelled a scoop, or a coup...and wound up in the soup.

	As for the fire, keep in mind that there are humongous temperatures
on the pad at a launch.  During the Apollo and Skylab missions, the pads
were literally destroyed by the launch.  The STS pad is better, but there
are still fires...
				Rick.