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Sat Nov 7 10:16:54 1981
shuttle update/Venus environment
[Note: My putting two articles on completely different subjects
into this one submission in no way should suggest a digest.
I will hold fast to our indigestion (sorry)]
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SHUTTLE UPDATE
The contaminated oil in APU's 1 and 3 was taken out, their
plumbings filtered, the filters removed and inspected and
then replaced, and each was refilled with 3 quarts of fresh
oil. Unit 2, unaffected by the contamination, was pronounced
flightworthy. NASA officials are to meet today to discuss
what should be done now and when the shuttle will finally
launch.
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VENUS ENVIRONMENT
Scientists yesterday tried to describe Venus' environment
(from data from the Pioneer spacecraft) in terms of a tourist.
The first thing they would see would be a ``cream colored
fuzzy ball.'' If you put your hand into the surrounding
mist, you would find that your hand has burned up in a cloud
of sulfur and acid. The sky is a peach color, and the
pressure is equal to that on Earth at 3000 feet below sea
level -- scientists are wondering whether you'd burn up
(temperature almost everywhere is around 850 degrees
Fahrenheit) or boil first. In all, it was described as the
``closest thing to hell.''
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