Aresearch.77 net.columbia utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!mhtsa!harpo!research!sjb Sat Oct 3 21:46:09 1981 fuel spill As tile replacement is slightly ahead of schedule (89 back as of yesterday), launch director George Page said that most of the repair work should be completed by 13 October. He said a new launch date in early November was very possible and that late October was ``very optimistic.'' A new date is expected to be announced after a high level conference on Friday. Tuesday, workers are scheduled to try again to load the Reaction Control System with nitrogen tetroxide fuel. In another announcement, officials believe that they have solved the overpressurization problem with the SRB's and, as such, the shuttle will carry its payload of scientific instruments and the mechanical arm when it takes off. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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.