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From: prune@myrddyn.hf.intel.com.ogi.edu
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Launch at last!
Keywords: launch delay
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Date: 1 Mar 90 17:01:11 GMT
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snidely@isc.intel.com (David Schneider) writes:
> CNN also had a quiz about which shuttle flight held the record for
> launch delays; I missed the answer, so I look forward to seeing your
> Also, does anyone still know the record for non-shuttle manned flight
> launch delays?

   I'm pretty sure it's still Gemini 6, which finally made it to orbit four
days *after* Gemini 7.  Gemini 6 even got as far as "ignition" once: there was
a screech like a million ambushed bobcats, a short blast of flame, and an auto-
shutdown due to a malfunction in a fuel line.  It looked like one of my model
rocket non-launches, but was *much* more disappointing.
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