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From: andy@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Andy Clews)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Shuttle Status for 03/01/90 (Forwarded)
Message-ID: <2308@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
Date: 2 Mar 90 12:41:28 GMT
References: <43998@ames.arc.nasa.gov>
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From article <43998@ames.arc.nasa.gov>, by yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee):
>                Launch Pad 39-A sustained minimal damage from the launch  of
>           Atlantis yesterday at 2:51 a.m. EST. The pad was washed down last
>           night [...]

As a matter of interest, what sort of damage does the launch pad
normally sustain? What kinds of repair work are usually needed to the
pad after Shuttle launches? What is the contamination that requires the
pad to be "washed down"? Is the launch pad contaminated by toxic
materials (e.g. from SRBs) when launch has finished?

Sorry for all the questions! Kind of let myself go there.....
-- 
Andy Clews, Computing Service, Univ. of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QN, England
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