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From: jetzer@studsys.mu.edu (jetzer)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Shuttle launch prediction
Message-ID: <280@studsys.mu.edu>
Date: 14 Nov 88 23:38:58 GMT
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In article <63043@ti-csl.CSNET>, mmeyer@mips.csc.ti.com (Mark Meyer) writes:
> 	I have a number of predictions that were made by a psychic
> earlier this year, and I'm working on evaluating them.  One of the few
> :-) that look like hits is: "The space shuttle will fly two times
> before year's end."  This prediction was made on January 6.  What I'd
> like to know is, is this hit significant?  What was the launch
> schedule for 1988 like in January?  Two launches?  More or fewer?

Tried to send mail, but it bounced...

Consulting the Dec 87 issue of *Countdown* magazine, there is a schedule for
shuttle launches through 1990.  It lists STS-26 (Discovery) for a 6/2/88
launch date, STS-27 (Atlantis) for a 9/8/88 launch, and STS-28 (Columbi) for
a 12/1/88 launch.  (No mention of a launch schedule in either the Jan 88 or
Feb 88 issues.)

This was the "official" schedule from NASA.  The issue also told of some
probable sources of delay, and that a June 2 launch was pretty optimistic.
Anyone with 1/2 a brain could realize that we were only going to get two
off the ground this year :-).

-- 
Mike Jetzer
"Hack first, ask questions later."