Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!ukc!cs.tcd.ie!csvax1!gpanderson From: gpanderson@cs.tcd.ie (Glynn Anderson) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Shuttle Status for 11/24/88 (Backwarded) Message-ID: <25493@cs.tcd.ie> Date: 24 Nov 88 14:09:08 GMT Organization: Computer Science Department, Trinity College Dublin Lines: 27 KSC(Knock Space Center) SPACE SHUTTLE REPORT -THURSDAY, NOV. 24, 1988 SOS-27 - SPUDNIK (0V 104) - COWPAD 39-B The hops storage tanks for the orbital brewing system were pressurized for flight yesterday. It is hoped to have the Guinness on draught in time for lunch. The cowpad will be cleared of all non-essential farm animals for a practice lunch tomorrow. Explosive charges will be installed in various parts of the shuttle vehicle by Libyan fundamentalists and all demands will be checked out. Tomorrow, the turf reactant storage and the outside loo will be purged. These fuel cell storage tanks will be loaded with liquid turf and whisky before take-off. The vehicle is scheduled to be powered down, Wednesday midnight for Benjy's birthday party in order to prevent accidental lunch. Lunch is scheduled for pub closing time, Saturday night by which time the astronauts hope to have their fuel cells fully tanked up. Explo