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Article #6292Re: Launch at last!
From: David Smith
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 1990 16:29
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 1990 16:29
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In article <841@gandalf.littlei.UUCP> prune@myrddyn.hf.intel.com (Prune Wickart) writes: >snidely@isc.intel.com (David Schneider) writes: >> Also, does anyone still know the record for non-shuttle manned flight >> launch delays? > > I'm pretty sure it's still Gemini 6, which finally made it to orbit four >days *after* Gemini 7. Gemini 6 even got as far as "ignition" once: there was That accounts for one delay. I believe G6 had an earlier one when the Agena failed to get into orbit. That makes two. But I don't think G6 had a large number of delays. John Glenn's flight had lots of delays, mostly for weather, as I recall. -- David R. Smith, HP Labs dsmith@hplabs.hp.com (415) 857-7898
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hplabsb!dsmith From: dsmith@hplabsb.HP.COM (David Smith) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Launch at last! Keywords: launch delay Message-ID: <5623@hplabsb.HP.COM> Date: 2 Mar 90 16:29:30 GMT References: <598@intelisc.nosun.UUCP> <841@gandalf.littlei.UUCP> Reply-To: dsmith@hplabsb.UUCP (David Smith) Organization: Hewlett-Packard Labs, Palo Alto, CA Lines: 17