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From: alb@alice.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Launch Dress Rehearsal
Message-ID: <2097@alice.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 5-Aug-83 07:26:02 EDT
Article-I.D.: alice.2097
Posted: Fri Aug  5 07:26:02 1983
Date-Received: Sat, 6-Aug-83 03:34:33 EDT
Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill
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NASA yesterday carried out a dress rehearsal of the launch
of STS-8, with all five astronauts participating.  The
simulated launch was cut short just 13 seconds before the
mock engine ignition when warning indicators showed that
explosive devices that would have cut the bolts holding
the SRB's to the pad would have failed.