Aalice.482 net.columbia utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!mhtsa!mhuxt!cbosg!harpo!npois!alice!sjb Wed Mar 31 19:59:10 1982 Shuttle Return to KSC Preparations for Columbia's return to KSC were several hours behind schedule today, but that was due to the unfamiliar terrain and officials expressed hopes that the shuttle will return on 7 or 8 April. Meanwhile, the late June launch date for STS-4 may be set back, as workers are now planning to remove and rebond more strongly 1200 tiles, due to the loss of 38 this mission. The rebonding process started after STS-1, and plans were made to rebond 400 per mission. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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.