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From: alb@alice.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Roll out
Message-ID: <2092@alice.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 3-Aug-83 07:54:43 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug  3 07:54:43 1983
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Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill
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The main reason is that this is storm season in Flordia, and
the afternoons are frequented by thunder and lightning storms.
By rolling it out at night, technicians can have it bolted down
and secured by the beginning of the afternoon.  On that subject,
NASA was asked what they would do if a hurricane hit the KSC area.
The reply was that the storm would have to be ''imminently upon
them ... with 70 mph winds'' before a decision to unbolt the
orbiter assembly and move it back to the VAB would be made.