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From: riley@beowulf.ucsd.edu (Christian Riley)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: USSR shuttle
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Date: 1 Nov 88 03:16:31 GMT
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In case you didn't here, the Soviet Shuttle didn't go.

According to Monday's Wall Street Journal:

"Soviet space officials dismissed a last-minute halt to the maiden flight
of the space shuttle Buran as a minor hitch and said the next attempt
to put the spacecraft aloft will take place after the Revolution Day holiday
Nov 7.  The liftoff was aborted when an equipment platform failed to swing
clear of the Energia booster rocket."

CNN has reported the launch halted at 51secs.  They then were going to try
and launch 4 hours later, however for some reason (anyone know it?) it was
again canceled.  Perhaps it was just still problems with the platform.

"Free scientific inquiry?  The first adjective is redundant."
Chris Riley
riley@cs.ucsd.edu