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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Long Duration Exposure Facility
Message-ID: <1989May13.202819.23389@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <2020@blake.acs.washington.edu>
Date: Sat, 13 May 89 20:28:19 GMT

In article <2020@blake.acs.washington.edu> sealion@blake.acs.washington.edu (sealion) writes:
>With the current backlog in payloads for the shuttle system, are 
>there plans to recover the Long Duration Exposure Facility?

Yes.  NASA is terrified of the public-relations impact of another Skylab,
and considers it quite urgent that LDEF not be allowed to reenter.
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