Apresby.138 net.columbia utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!mhtsa!harpo!presby!tonja Mon Jan 25 08:32:48 1982 Space Shuttle Progress Report; RMS System Sources at National Research Council of Canada report that the end effector was successfully mated with Canadarm on Sun. Jan 17; the end effector (American slang is 'grabber') performed beautifully on Monday's qualification tests and is 'go' for March launching. SPAR Aerospace in Toronto continues work on the follow-on arms and hands (grabbers) and is enjoying good financial forecast. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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.