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From: adolph@ssc-vax.UUCP (Mark C. Adolph)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Discovery:  Go for throttle up!
Summary: Superstition
Keywords: IT'S UP!!!
Message-ID: <2267@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: 3 Oct 88 18:40:39 GMT
References: <5680@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>
Organization: Boeing Aerospace Corp., Seattle WA
Lines: 19

In article <5680@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>, rcj@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Robert Johnson) writes:
> Control:   Discovery, you are go for 104% throttle up.
> Discovery:   Roger, go at 104% throttle up.
> 
>       <<SIGH OF RELEIF>>

I was listening carefully at this point due to discussions we've had
about pilots and superstition.  I heard:

	Control:     Discovery, go at throttle up.
	Discovery:   Roger, go.

Will we never again hear "Go at throttle up" from a shuttle cockpit
again?

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					-- Mark A.
					...uw-beaver!ssc-vax!adolph