[net.columbia] Transfer to VAD Delayed

alb@alice.UUCP (09/22/83)

NASA has postponed the transfer of the Columbia from the
OPF to the VAB by 48 hours, but they say the delay will
not affect the launch of STS-9.  The delay is to give
engineers more time to reinforce the shuttle's midsection,
giving it more strength in its steeper reentry for this
mission.