Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Shuttle Facilities ( was : Shuttle trips to the Moon )
Message-ID: <1989Jan22.230027.22582@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <40ebe2ca.298d@dl298d.engin.umich.edu> <2070003@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 89 23:00:27 GMT

In article <2070003@hpcilzb.HP.COM> phil@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Phil Ritchey) writes:
>What does VAB stand for?

Early on, it was the Vertical Assembly Building, so-named because
it was somewhat of a departure from the old practice of assembling
rockets horizontally.  It was renamed the Vehicle Assembly Building at
one point, although the old term continued in use for a long time.
-- 
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