Asri-unix.924 net.space utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:C70:sri-unix!Tavares.Coop@MIT-MULTICS Mon Mar 8 22:23:15 1982 STS-3 Far from the most significant mission, but the onlY one I know personally of, is a benchmark "get-away special" package developed by Jim Barrowman. It is a test "special" designed to what engineers THINK are the necessary tolerances, requirements, environmental specifications, etc. that all future get-away specials will be required to adhere to. If this one fails to work for one reason or another, they can change the specifications as necessary before destroying some poor experimenter's equipment in a real get-away special. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.