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From: wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Vandenburg never to used?
Summary: Nope, VAFB SLC-6 is *DEAD*
Keywords: Fully operational
Message-ID: <217@obie.UUCP>
Date: 7 Oct 88 05:49:25 GMT
References: <41680@pyramid.pyramid.com>
Organization: the Well of Souls
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In article <41680@pyramid.pyramid.com>, andy@pyrtech (Andy Mascsak) writes:
> In recent articles it appears that everyone has written off the Vandenburg
> facility for shuttle launches.
> Having lived near there for 28 years, my understanding of the state of the
> facility is that it is fully operational and waiting for a shuttle to
> launch.
> It is also the only way I know of to get the suttle into a polar orbit.
> That type of orbit definitely has some scientific and military advantages.

Nope, Space Launch Complex 6 (the shuttle pad) at VAFB is a complete
write-off.  There are so many flawed welds that the only way to rebuild
the complex would be to tear it apart and start over again.  I
understand they are going to use it for one launch, however; they are
going to send up the top 25 officers of the contractor repsonsible for
this mess in a bathtub strapped to the top of a decomissioned Atlas!

If you've lived near there for 28 years, you should *know* that it is
spelled "Vandenberg" too.
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