@S1-A.ARPA,@MIT-MC.ARPA:TERRY%LAJ.SAINET.MFENET@LLL-MFE.ARPA (05/29/85)
From: TERRY%LAJ.SAINET.MFENET@LLL-MFE.ARPA A previous message said that Discovery was being moved to the VAB and Atlantis was being moved to the OFP in preparation for its maiden flight. Now, VAB stands for Vertical Assembly Building, unless the acronym has changed since I knew it last; but I never heard of OFP before. Can anyone explain what it is? AdTHANKSvance.
alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum) (06/03/85)
For general interest, OFP stands for Orbiter Processing Facility. Shuttles are processed there (for things like minor repairs, tiles, etc.) and then moved to the VAB for mating with the ET (external tank) and SRB's (solid rocket boosters)