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heng44
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posted 11-05-2016 04:06 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

Dawn breaks over the Kennedy Space Center as Space Shuttle Columbia waits for launch on November 4, 1981. The launch attempt was scrubbed later that morning because of high oil pressure in two of the three auxiliary power units. STS-2 was eventually launched on November 12.

Tom
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posted 11-05-2016 09:26 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Tom   Click Here to Email Tom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Beautiful photo, Ed!

astro-nut
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posted 11-05-2016 11:49 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for astro-nut   Click Here to Email astro-nut     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I remember that launch countdown very well and how disappointing it was when is was scrubbed at T-31 seconds, if I remember correctly?

Another beautiful photo! Thanks for sharing!

heng44
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posted 11-05-2016 12:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
You remember correctly. And I'm sure you weren't as disappointed as I was, standing at the Press Site!

randy
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That's what happens when you buy a used spacecraft.

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Even in 1981 you needed to change your oil every three to five thousand miles. They were way over due.

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