Re: Long Duration Exposure Facility

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From: Henry Spencer
Date: Sat, 13 May 1989 20:28

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In article <2020@blake.acs.washington.edu> sealion@blake.acs.washington.edu (sealion) writes:
>With the current backlog in payloads for the shuttle system, are 
>there plans to recover the Long Duration Exposure Facility?

Yes.  NASA is terrified of the public-relations impact of another Skylab,
and considers it quite urgent that LDEF not be allowed to reenter.
-- 
Mars in 1980s:  USSR, 2 tries, |     Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
2 failures; USA, 0 tries.      | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu

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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Long Duration Exposure Facility
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