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John Doe
March 12th 05, 05:48 PM
Am I the only one puzzled by the fact that NASA hasn't yet announced a
launch date for STS114 and still uses a very big launch window measured
in weeks ?

Is this some form of anti-terrorist measure where the launch date not be
announced until perhaps a few days before launch ? Or does NASA still
have too many loose end to be able to narrow down launch to within one
week or even 2-3 days ?

Seems rather odd that they have gone so far in assembling the shuttle
and still don't have narrowed the launch date to at least within one week.

Jorge R. Frank
March 12th 05, 06:35 PM
John Doe > wrote in
news:1110646128.cb293fb181d0889fcf30e1ad74c21de4@t eranews:

> Am I the only one puzzled by the fact that NASA hasn't yet announced a
> launch date for STS114 and still uses a very big launch window
> measured in weeks ?

Apparently. Even pre-9/11, NASA launch dates didn't become official until
the FRR at L-2 weeks.


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