Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site alice.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!eagle!alice!alb From: alb@alice.UUCP Newsgroups: net.columbia Subject: Re: Roll out Message-ID: <2092@alice.UUCP> Date: Wed, 3-Aug-83 07:54:43 EDT Article-I.D.: alice.2092 Posted: Wed Aug 3 07:54:43 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Aug-83 17:01:12 EDT References: <677@bronze.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill Lines: 8 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.