[sci.space] NASA Advisory: STS-34/Hurricane Hugo Update

yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (09/21/89)

Sarah Keegan
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                 September 21, 1989


NASA ADVISORY:  STS-34/Hurricane Hugo Update


     Shuttle program managers have concluded that there is no 
credible scenario relative to hurricane Hugo which would require 
a rollback of Atlantis to the Vehicle Assembly Building at 
Kennedy Space Center, Fla., and therefore, have decided that the 
vehicle should remain on the launch pad.  

     For about the next 12 hours, KSC personnel will be preparing 
to resume work readying Atlantis for launch.  During this time, 
officials will continue monitoring the weather to determine if 
the pad area might see winds of a velocity which would require a 
"ride out" configuration, although this is not forecast.  This 
period also will provide an opportunity for rest for the KSC work 
crews.