demodmb@iitmax.IIT.EDU (Dean M. Bleess) (02/01/90)
First of all I would like to thank Mr. Yee again for posting all
of the great information that he does.
Second, has anyone noticed the lack of missions for Columbia between
mission 45 (4-4-91) and mission 53 (3-5-92) ?? Are they planning to do
an overhaul on her during this time finally or what ?? It is a little
tough to swallow that they're going to take 11 months just to turn it
around from the ATLAS mission. I'm guessing some sort of overhaul because
mission 53 looks like it will be the longest mission yet (13 days) and
they'll want it in top shape to prevent problems.
Also, 45 will be the TENTH anniversary of Columbia's first flight. What
are the odds on getting Young and Crippen up there for the party? I see the
Mission Commander and Pilot slots are STILL OPEN. ;-)
dates to remember- (2-13-92) ENDEAVOUR (3-9-95) Freedom Element-1 launch
-- DMBhenry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) (02/02/90)
In article <3315@iitmax.IIT.EDU> demodmb@iitmax.iit.edu (Dean M. Bleess) writes: > Second, has anyone noticed the lack of missions for Columbia between > mission 45 (4-4-91) and mission 53 (3-5-92) ?? Are they planning to do > an overhaul on her during this time finally or what ?? ... > ...mission 53 looks like it will be the longest mission yet (13 days) and > they'll want it in top shape to prevent problems. Actually, most likely that is downtime for the long-duration-orbiter mods. Columbia is scheduled to get those at some point, and a big chunk of downtime just before an unusually long mission sounds right. -- 1972: Saturn V #15 flight-ready| Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology 1990: birds nesting in engines | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu