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To: Elsewhere who wrote (590)3/20/2005 7:32:30 AM
From: Elsewhere  Respond to of 603
 
4 Astronauts Will Be on Emergency Standby
Sat Mar 19, 2005 12:41 PM ET
By Marcia Dunn, AP Aerospace Writer
news.yahoo.com

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - <What if the next space shuttle winds up in trouble, too? What if, like Columbia, it's damaged at liftoff and the astronauts are up in space with a maimed rocketship? Could they be saved? When Discovery is launched in a few months, a four-man rescue squad will be standing by.>

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