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From: jay@ncspm.ncsu.edu (Jay C. Smith)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: NASA news (accreditation for STS-26 launch)
Message-ID: <987@ncspm.ncsu.edu>
Date: 6 Jun 88 13:32:21 GMT
References: <13079@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> <1117@thumper.bellcore.com>
Reply-To: jay@ncspm.ncsu.EDU (Jay C. Smith)
Organization: Crop Science Dept., North Carolina State University
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In article <1117@thumper.bellcore.com> karn@thumper.bellcore.com (Phil R. Karn) 
writes:
>I've noticed in the NASA news reporting that they have reverted to the
>original system for numbering shuttle flights (STS-26, STS-27, etc).

I always supposed that they switched to the "51-L" system to avoid an
STS-13.  Notice that the switch occurred after STS-11, I believe.  Now
that they're safely past 13 and since there has been a break in shuttle
activity they can switch back to the old method.

:-), sort of.


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