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Aalice.120 net.columbia utzoo!decvax!duke!chico!harpo!research!alice!sjb Mon Oct 5 17:49:52 1981 shuttle work Officials at NASA say that tile replacement work is now ``well ahead of schedule.'' As of this morning, 215 tiles were reinstalled, leaving 154 tiles to be put in on harder to reach sections of the ship. Also, work on the Forward Reaction Control System is proceeding. A new launch date is expected to be announced late this week.

Meanwhile, the external fuel tank for the third mission, originally scheduled for January, 1982, was being taken off a barge at Cape Canaveral. Unlike the previous two, this one will be unpainted, thus lightening it in excess of 600 pounds.

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