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From: mjt@super.ORG (Michael J. Tighe)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Acronyms
Summary: VAB -> Vehicle Assembly Building
Keywords: VAB
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Date: 9 Aug 89 15:18:38 GMT
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In article <2681@phred.UUCP> petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis) writes:
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>You didn't goof. It *is* called the Vertical Assembly Building as it was
>named for the Saturn rocket assemblies in the Apollo days.
 
I have recently returned from KSC. While there, I decided to
investigate this acronym problem. On all of the maps,
guides, etc., the VAB is called Vehicle Assembly Building.
Not once did I see or hear anyone refer to it as the
Vertical Assembly Building.
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