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Aresearch.145 net.columbia utzoo!decvax!duke!mhtsa!research!sjb Tue Nov 10 19:57:41 1981 countdown progress ``The best thing you can say about this countdown is that there is no news...This second attempt mirrors the first countdown -- it is just as smooth and tending to proceed ahead of schedule.''

So it is. Technicians powered up the shuttle's fuel cells, working right on schedule, sometimes ahead, up to a Thursday morning launch.

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