[net.columbia] STS-9 Delayed

alb@alice.UUCP (10/15/83)

NASA decided yesterday to roll Columbia back to the VAB and
switch the one SRB nozzle made with protective lining from
batch 1042, the same batch that the faulty STS-8 SRB nozzle
came from.  The ''earliest possible launch date'' is now
28 November, though that would mean loss of scientific data
from Spacelab, due to sun angle changes.  If ESA does not
find that acceptable, the next launch period begins in
February.