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Re: planned shuttle launches/shuttle launch viewing info

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From: Thomas Lapp
Date: Tue, 16 May 1989 00:43
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> Just guessing, but i'd say to take any predicted launch date that's more than
> three months away with several grains of salt.  At least, have a back-up
> plan if the launch gets delayed.
> 
Here's my guess, but it would seem to me that NASA's accuracy at prediction
any given launch date is about the same as a meteorologist predicting the
weather on that same date.  (ie. the further away from the date, the less
chance they will be accurate).
                         - tom
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From: thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp)
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Subject: Re: planned shuttle launches/shuttle launch viewing info
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Date: 16 May 89 00:43:43 GMT
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