Aalice.163 net.columbia utzoo!decvax!duke!chico!harpo!research!alice!sjb Sun Nov 15 01:26:58 1981 update After 2 days, 6 hours, 13 minutes, and 10 seconds in space, Columbia had to wait another 2 hours on the ground before being towed back to its hangar. There it will be prepared for the flight back to Cape Canaveral and the ol' Vehicle Assembly Building. There was more good news after the landing: None of the silica tiles fell off this time. Tomorrow, George Bush and his wife will join Engle and Truly and their wives, Johnson Space Center director Christopher Kraft, and John Young and Bob Crippen for breakfast. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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.