From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npois!alice!sjb
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Title: Columbia Turned On
Article-I.D.: alice.689
Posted: Mon Jun 21 17:57:43 1982
Received: Thu Jun 24 02:22:41 1982

The Columbia's electrical systems were turned on today in the
final preparations for tomorrow's countdown commencement.  Also
today, crews installed a backup computer that will take over
should any of the five main computers fail; other crews inspected
the three main engines and the two SRB's.  The countdown is
scheduled to begin at T-90 hours (with about a day's worth of
holds built in) tomorrow at 1700 EDT aiming for a 1100 EDT
launch on Sunday.