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From: kaplow@crvax1.DEC (Reach for the Stars)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: re: TDRS and STS
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Date: Tue, 11-Feb-86 14:38:57 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 11 14:38:57 1986
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TDRS :== Tracking and Data Relay Satellite. Three of these are supposed
to be placed in Geo orbit so that the shuttle and other space vehicles
will have a constant link to ground stations, as well as each other.
This will eliminate the need for all of the ground stations NASA
currently uses, and will also eliminate those regions around the earth
where a vehicle in low orbit is totally out of touch with ground
controllers. 

STS :== Space Transportation System (i.e. the Space Shuttle)

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And now for a word from my system manager:

All of these duplicate postings to net.space and net.columbia are
generating gobs of excess network traffic, and eating up disk space.
Can't we stop the duplicate postings of everything to both of these
newsgroups, and put all of the shuttle related materials in net.columbia
only. I'm growing tired of reading all of this stuff twice! Thanks. I'm
glad I got this off my keyboard. 

    		Bob Kaplow 
    		Digital Equipment Corp. 
    		Arlington Heights, IL 

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