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In article <3315@iitmax.IIT.EDU> demodmb@iitmax.iit.edu (Dean M. Bleess) writes:
>     Second, has anyone noticed the lack of missions for Columbia between
>  mission 45 (4-4-91) and mission 53 (3-5-92) ??   Are they planning to do
>  an overhaul on her during this time finally or what ?? ...
>  ...mission 53 looks like it will be the longest mission yet (13 days) and
>  they'll want it in top shape to prevent problems.

Actually, most likely that is downtime for the long-duration-orbiter mods.
Columbia is scheduled to get those at some point, and a big chunk of
downtime just before an unusually long mission sounds right.
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