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| 395.1 | More details | AUTHOR::KLAES | The President of what? | Wed Feb 10 1988 13:29 | 14 |
| From: [email protected]
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: New Schedule
Date: 3 Feb 88 15:27:00 GMT
The official return-to-flight date for the Space Shuttle is now
August 4, 1988. Qualification motor tests for the SRBs are now planned
on April 7 and June 9, with a product verification and motor test
firing on July 6.
The Space Shuttle DISCOVERY will be rolled out to the launch pad
on May 13 for a 20 second flight rediness firing of its liquid fueled
main engines on June 13.
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| 395.2 | August 4th? Don't buy your airline tickest to Florida. | CRAIG::YANKES | | Thu Feb 11 1988 11:13 | 16 |
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Re: .*
With the track record of the recent tests (i.e. nearly every
one has found a problem that resulted in a delay), I'm not going
to hold my breath in anticipation of *three* successful SRB tests and
the flight rediness test of the mains all working perfectly to give a
launch date of August 4, 1988. (Even skipping the discussion of the
potential political decisions that might effect a first-launch so close
before the elections...)
My guess, it *might* fly late this year in perhaps November
(post election) or December. If I was a betting person, though, my
money would be on 1989.
-craig
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| 395.3 | USAF vs NASA (again) | BOEHM::DENSMORE | get to the verbs | Fri Feb 12 1988 11:14 | 8 |
| I saw an item in the Lowell (MA) Sun yesterday that talked about
the Air Force trying to do away with spectators for the Shuttle
launches, at least at the more popular, nearby viewing sites
traditionally used by VIPs and reporters. The Air Force claims
safety considerations. NASA claims foul and says the Air Force
is trying to harass teh program.
Mike
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| 395.4 | what if | EAGLE1::EGGERS | Tom, 293-5358, VAX Architecture | Fri Feb 12 1988 13:48 | 7 |
| Perhaps the USAF is considering safety. It's clear that NASA is
considering public relations. That the two organizations weight them
differently is neither surprising nor unreasonable.
What would happen to spectators 3 miles from launch if a shuttle
explodes at, say, 1000ft AGL? (I'm not suggesting this is a likely
possibility. It is reasonable to consider as a safety concern, though.)
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