sheppard@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ken Sheppardson) (02/14/91)
In <190@miccal.CAMPBELL.CA.US> mfoster@nova.UUCP (Michael Foster): >In <mark.666405606@typhoon.ucar.edu> bradfrd2@ncar.ucar.edu (Mark Bradford): >> >>SIRTF: Space InfraRed Telescope Facility >>SME: Solar Mesosphere Explorer > >You forgot: > >SLC: Space Launch Complex > >As you included VAFB (Vandenberg Air Force Base), I figured you wouldn't >forget the famous (infamous?) SLC-6 (pronounced Slick-Six), the west coast >Shuttle launch complex now in Mothballs. Mothballs ? I thought it was just outside Lompoc, just north of Santa Barbara. Did they just move the entire base or just the SLC ? And where exactly is Mothballs ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote of the Week: "Where are your troops and can I go count them ?" - Iraqi Reporter during Pentagon Briefing skit, SNL, 2/9/91 -- =============================================================================== Ken Sheppardson Email: kcs@sso.larc.nasa.gov Space Station Freedom Advanced Programs Office Phone: (804) 864-7544 NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton VA FAX: (804) 864-1975 ===============================================================================