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From: dsmith@hplabsb.HP.COM (David Smith)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Launch at last!
Keywords: launch delay
Message-ID: <5623@hplabsb.HP.COM>
Date: 2 Mar 90 16:29:30 GMT
References: <598@intelisc.nosun.UUCP> <841@gandalf.littlei.UUCP>
Reply-To: dsmith@hplabsb.UUCP (David Smith)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Labs, Palo Alto, CA
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In article <841@gandalf.littlei.UUCP> prune@myrddyn.hf.intel.com (Prune Wickart) writes:
>snidely@isc.intel.com (David Schneider) writes:
>> 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

That accounts for one delay.  I believe G6 had an earlier one when the
Agena failed to get into orbit.  That makes two.  But I don't think G6
had a large number of delays.  John Glenn's flight had lots of delays,
mostly for weather, as I recall.
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