Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!dptg!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!super!mjt From: mjt@super.ORG (Michael J. Tighe) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Acronyms Summary: VAB -> Vehicle Assembly Building Keywords: VAB Message-ID: <12696@super.ORG> Date: 9 Aug 89 15:18:38 GMT References: <7364@bunny.GTE.COM> <1638@cfa237.cfa250.harvard.edu> <2681@phred.UUCP> Sender: news@super.ORG Reply-To: mjt@super.UUCP (Michael J. Tighe) Distribution: na Organization: Supercomputing Research Center, Lanham, Md. Lines: 15 In article <2681@phred.UUCP> petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis) writes: > >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. -- ------------- Michael Tighe internet: mjt@super.org uunet: ...!uunet!super!mjt