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From: alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Mock Countdown Delayed, Then Successful
Message-ID: <2957@alice.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 15-Aug-84 23:58:44 EDT
Article-I.D.: alice.2957
Posted: Wed Aug 15 23:58:44 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 16-Aug-84 03:45:52 EDT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
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A mock countdown was delayed today by three hours when an
engine computer refused to receive a program from ground
computers.  After the trouble had been solved, the countdown
continued, ending with a simulated abort mimicking the engine
cutoff abort in June.  NASA said that the particular abort
is a standard part of all simulated countdowns, and that is
was just a coincidence that it mirrored the June abort.