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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Both at the Florida launch site and in Houston where the ascent to space is directed, engineers studied computer tapes that recorded performance of the shuttle's systems every one one-thousandth of a second...
When these two teams first faced off back in November, the site was cozy Ingalls rink, superheated to help the ponderous but powerful Eli forwards turn the corners into a matched set of hydraulic presses that spat out flattened Crimson players all evening...
Neighborhood groups, who oppose this move in favor of low-cost housing and blue-collar jobs on the Simplex site, are expected to petition the City Council to tighten the area's zoning restrictions...
...Paris site was chosen after the company studied more than 200 locations in France and Spain. Competition between the two countries was stiff. Spain reportedly offered to finance 30% of the building costs and throw in the land for free. Sniffed Ignacio Fuejo, Spain's Deputy Secretary for Tourism, last week after the decision was announced: "They made a mistake choosing France. The weather is dreadful in Paris...
Rescue crews reached the site in eight minutes and quenched the fires in 90 minutes, but none of the plane's occupants could be helped. Soon the area was eerily dark except for the colored lights and searching flashlights of the workers, whose main duty was to retrieve bodies. The victims were placed on plastic sheets in neat rows in a nearby hangar. Their bodies were to be flown this week to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, where forensic experts would undertake the difficult chore of establishing firm identifications...