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From: Rem@IMSSS
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Subject: STS EXPLOSION TODAY
Message-ID: <8601282025.AA07409@s1-b.arpa>
Date: Tue, 28-Jan-86 15:22:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 28 15:22:00 1986
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In addition to obvious badness:
 (1) TDRS lost, so we won't be having the around-the-clock tracking of
   space missions like we were hoping to have;
 (2) Our STS capacity is now down to 60%. Originally we needed 5 orbiters,
   but the budget was cut and we had only 4, now we have only 3.

One minor good point:
 At least it didn't happen on the pad where the pad would have been destroyed
   preventing further launches. However this may be moot if they spend two
   years analyzing everything before doing anything.
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