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From: gsh7w@astsun5.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Hennessy)
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Subject: Re: How Hubble will get there
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Date: 24 May 89 20:24:02 GMT
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In article <3313@kalliope.rice.edu> phil@rice.edu () writes:
>[ Excuse the cross-posting, please. ]
>
>Here's something I found out yesterday.  Currently, the Hubble Space
>Telescope is being stored in California.  Everyone knows that it is going
>to be launched (some day) on a shuttle from the Cape (Florida east coast).
>But apparently, the only safe way to transport it is by boat.  Which means
>it will almost certainly have to go thru the Panama canal.........Let's
>hope things improve down that way in the next year.    Sigh.
>

Actually it will go in a C5A transport plane. It was going to go by
boar, but recently it was determined that the place could carry the
load. The people at STSCI are much happier with it travelling by
plane. 



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