[net.columbia] EAFB Lakebed Scratched

sjb (11/11/82)

NASA has decided to scrap plans to land on the dry lakebed
at EAFB due to heavy rain there.  At the moment, one inch
of water covers the lakebed.  After the first orbit, the primary
landing site will be runway 22, the concrete runway at EAFB,
where STS-4 landed.  From launch until the completion of orbit
1, the emergency abort site will be either White Sands Missile
Range, landing site of STS-3, or the concrete strip at KSC.
No delay in launch is expected.

pfc (11/11/82)

#R:alice:-109400:whuxlb:4600003:000:29
whuxlb!pfc    Nov 11 08:11:00 1982

So much for the DRY lakebed