Aalice.216 net.columbia utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:mhtsa!alice!sjb Thu Dec 10 07:27:36 1981 space walk Plans for the first shuttle space walk, now scheduled for 1983, include the astronaut being propelled by a jet power pack to the Solar Maximum satellite, bringing it back, repairing it, and putting it back into orbit. Solar Max, the first satellite to be built with the RMS grappler, had blown three fuses and is thus too unstable for the arm. An astronaut will fly out there, steady it will a pole, and then the RMS can take it in, where it will be repaired. The arm will then take it back out and put it into proper orbit. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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.