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Old February 16th 08, 06:25 PM posted to sci.space.shuttle,sci.space.history,sci.space.policy,sci.space.station
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Default Great missions STS-122 & Expedition 16

On Feb 16, 8:53 am, "Joseph S. Powell, III" wrote:
"BradGuth" wrote in message

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On Feb 16, 6:46 am, columbiaaccidentinvestigation
wrote:
Great mission so far, awesome launch, incredible space walks (great
views), and achieving a great accomplishment in space station assembly
by adding the Columbus module to the structure. It's great to see both
crews together, in the newly added Columbus module during today's
joint crew news conference, enjoying their work. But the best part
was just after ending the press conference both crews had a moment of
fun play time as they spun and flipped around each other, it's great
to see such a hardworking people having fun and laughing. Great
mission and looking forward to a beautiful landing, thanks to all the
work from the crews, and all of the people on the ground that are
making this a successful mission....


Don't forget our DoD accomplishments of testing their latest ABL, as
that too was another 100% great mission. Too bad there was never any
communications between NASA and those of our Boeing team of Phantom
Works, or those of Raytheon/TRW for that matter. It's as though DoD
and of their ABL contractors were running their own show.
. - Brad Guth


ABL - is that for Air Bourne Laser, Anti-Ballistic Laser, or something else?


ABL = Air Borne Laser (search for Phantom Works ABL)
.. - BG