Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: SSME motion before lift-off.
Message-ID: <1988Oct1.225521.11438@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <3200@utastro.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 88 22:55:21 GMT

In article <3200@utastro.UUCP> pjm@utastro.UUCP (Phillip MacQueen) writes:
>... What is the purpose of/reason for this motion?  Is it an intentional
>test of the SSME mountings...

It's a deliberate test of engine gimballing, as I recall.
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