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Aalice.449 net.space utzoo!decvax!duke!harpo!npois!alice!sjb Wed Mar 24 07:49:05 1982 Shuttle News Engineers, from photographic inspections of the shuttle, now say that 25 tiles are missing and 12 are damaged. However, they expect no safety factor, since they are in areas that do not get the full heat of re-entry. Meanwhile, aboard the shuttle, some arm experiments were canceled because of a short in the wrist camera. Others will be carried out by Gordon Fullerton, and he will have to look at the scientific packages he grabs with binoculars.

The two SRB's were towed into Port Canaveral, last night, on schedule. They will be cleaned and disassembled and then shipped back to their manufacturer for refurbishment, costing $10 million, vs. $25 million for a new pair.

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