[net.columbia] Problems at Vandenberg AFB

goun@elmer.DEC (Roger H. Goun) (08/21/84)

CNN reported tonight that there are problems at the space shuttle launch
site under construction at Vandenberg AFB.  One inspector called the site, 
"An accident waiting to happen."  Another said that quality has taken a back
seat to the pressures of the construction schedule.

The space shuttle orbiter Discovery is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg
in the Fall of 1985.

					-- Roger Goun

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brian@sequent.UUCP (08/26/84)

   I understand that a shuttle launch complex is being built at Vandenberg AFB 
in California. Does anybody know if us West Coasters will be able to go watch
the launches from a reasonable distance, or will the military nature of the
missions cause the schedules and launches to remain secret?

			Brian M. Godfrey
			Sequent Computer Systems
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