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From: alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Columbia's Tiled Damaged by Rain
Message-ID: <4010@alice.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 18-Jul-85 19:54:14 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 18 19:54:14 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 20-Jul-85 08:20:28 EDT
Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill
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The tiles of the shuttle Columbia were damaged when the
ship fly through a 30-second rainstorm atop a Boeing
747 en route to KSC, NASA said today.  Initial estimates
said that a few hundred would have to be replaced, and
a couple thousand would need new outer coating.  The
Columbia, temporarily housed in the VAB, will be moved
to the OPF tomorrow.