Aalice.116 net.columbia utzoo!decvax!duke!mhtsa!harpo!research!alice!sjb Thu Sep 24 17:54:30 1981 fuel spill Damage to the reaction control pod in the shuttle was termed ``insignificant'' today, and that aroused hopes that the orbiter will not have to be removed from the pad, resulting in delays of ``months instead of weeks.'' As of this morning, 329 tiles were removed. A decision on how to repair the Columbia is expected by tomorrow. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.