mh@aplvax.UUCP (04/16/84)
This got lost when our netmail system went on vacation: According to the talk overheard via the shuttle Goddard retransmission link, it would appear that there is an IMAX camera onboard the shuttle. As of the recovery of the Solar Max Satellite, they had "shot-up 4 rolls of IMAX film" and anticipate "shooting another 2 rolls during tomorrows repair effort." Another roll of IMAX film was used during the repair of the Solar Max and the sixth roll was going to be used to shoot "earth scenes". It appears that there was a ground crew at Mission Control and that they moved to Kennedy to film the landing. Unless they had a back-up unit at Edwards... ...aplvax!milo!klr