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From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Congressional committee reports, the end of space research...
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Date: Sun, 2-Mar-86 18:00:10 EST
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In article <3305@umcp-cs.UUCP> mangoe@umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate) writes:
>One problem seems to have been forgotten in all this.  Suppose that it is
>determined that it was too cold to launch.  Doesn't this mean that winter
>launches will have to be given up?  It doesn't get that cold in Florida all
>the time, but I suspect it gets that cold often enough to cause delays.

The Vandenberg launch site has jet engine heaters to keep the Shuttle and
Roman candles warm - high-tech smudge pots in essence.  Due to budget
constraints etc., they were omitted from the Florida launch sites.