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From: alb@alice.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: ET Filling Begins
Message-ID: <1945@alice.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 18-Jun-83 02:56:36 EDT
Article-I.D.: alice.1945
Posted: Sat Jun 18 02:56:36 1983
Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jun-83 18:16:09 EDT
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At 0013 EDT this (ugh) morning, NASA crews began filling the
Challenger's external tank in preparation for launch at 0733
EDT.  Weather conditions at Dakar, Senegal, the primary abort
site if an emergency arises during the crossing of the Atlantic
Ocean, were cloudy this afternoon, but NASA said they expected
them to be OK.  A final decision could be made up to 9 minutes
before the launch.