gandalf@pro-canaveral.cts.com (Ken Hollis) (10/09/90)
Greetings and Salutations: From: gsh7w@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Hennessy) Subject: Re: Shuttle Status for 10/02/90 (Forwarded) >Pad-B is not cleared for DOD missions. That is why the "NASA Shuffle" >is being done with columbia and Atlantis. Apparently there is some >modifications which have been done to pad A to satisfy the spooks, >which haven't been done yet to pad b. Pad b is being upgraded to keep >the spooks happy, but not yet. >-- >-Greg Hennessy, University of Virginia ----> End Quote Pad - A was under refubishment during the down time after Challenger to bring it up to a Pad - B configuration, for example the weather protection installation for the Orbiter. It was therefore not used for several flights after "Return to flight". Several DOD missions were scheduled for launch,and were indeed launched from Pad - B, example STS - 33 R , Discovery, ET 038, SRB B1-032, SSME's 2031, 2022 & 2028. This was around the November 22 1989 time frame. Ken Hollis