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On Thursday, December 6, 2012 7:03:42 AM UTC-7, Jeff Findley wrote:

http://www.astronautix.com/craft/chaenger.htm STA-099 was returned to Rockwell on 11/7/79 and it's conversion into a fully rated Orbiter Vehicle was started. This conversion, while easier than it would have been to convert Enterprise, still involved a major disassembly of the vehicle. Challenger had been built with a simulated crew module and the forward fuselage halves had to be separated to gain access to the crew module. Additionally, the wings were modified
and reinforced to incorporate the results of structural testing and two heads-up displays (HUD's) were installed in the cockpit. Empty Weight was
70,500 kg at rollout and 79,415 kg with main engines installed. This was 1310 kg lighter than Columbia. Unfortunately, it does not appear to cite a source for this assertion.

That only describes Challenger's simulated compartment that was used for the STA testing, it says absolutely nothing about Enterprise's. The STA-099/Challenger sim compartment has been mentioned in other source material before, so that's not an issue. But all sources I've seen for Enterprise, indicate it's crew compartment was nearly identical to the later production orbiters' compartments.
-Mike

You're right. My memory must have been confusing the two.

Jeff
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