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net.columbia
utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!mhtsa!research!sjb
Mon Nov 2 22:11:20 1981
update
Here is a summarized update. I'd like to hear some
feedback (not necessarily to be submitted, just to
let me know how y'all like it) on how this format works.
TV coverage:
All three major networks and Cable News Network
plan to begin broadcasting live from the various space
centers around the nation at 0600 EST Wednesday morning.
They will continue through 1000 EST (ABC will stop at
0930) and then have updates and the like at their regular
``newsbreaks.''
Weather:
Forecasts predict acceptable conditions Wednesday
morning for a launch. ``Modest'' winds, scattered clouds,
7 miles visibility, and ~75 degrees are predicted. Prior
to the launch, John Young (gee, where have I heard that name
before?), will fly a small plane designed to handle like
the shuttle across the emergency abort runway at the Cape
to test the weather conditions.
Tiles:
NASA officials say not to worry about them. There
has been talk of taking a repair kit along, but that has
been analogized as to taking extra wing struts.
P.S. I know this is a sick pun, but I had to throw it in:
net.columbia will remain undigested.
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