Vol. 36, No. 3 February 14, 1997 MissionMission UpdateUpdate Spaceport News America's gateway to the universe. Leading the world in preparing and launching missions to Earth and beyond. John F. Kennedy Space Center

Hubble servicing calls MSL-1 transfer into payload canister Jan. 31 in the Operations and for dazzling array of Checkout Building. crew aids and tools The STS-82 are STS-83 carrying with them a tool kit of more than 150 items to help Columbia (22nd flight) them service the Hubble Space 83rd Shuttle flight Telescope for the second time. Target launch date: April 3, Mission Specialists Mark Lee 2:01 p.m. and Steve Smith will be per- Pad: 39A forming Extravehicular Activi- Mission: Microgravity Sci- ties (EVAs) one and three and ence Laboratory-1 Greg Harbaugh and Joe Tanner (MSL-01) will service the telescope during Duration:16 days EVAs two and four. Crew: Halsell; Still; Voss; When the Lee-Smith team is Thomas; Gernhardt; performing a spacewalk, Tanner Linteris; Crouch will serve as the Intravehicular (IV) crew member, overseeing THE Discovery cuts a bright swath through the early-morning activities from inside the orbiter. darkness as it lifts off from Launch Pad 39A on a scheduled 10-day flight to service the GOES-K (HST). Liftoff of Mission STS-82 occurred on-time at 3:55:17 Smith will perform the same a.m. EST, Feb. 11, 1997. Leading the veteran crew is Mission Commander Kenneth D. function during Harbaugh-Tan- Bowersox. Scott J. “Doc” Horowitz is the pilot. Mark C. Lee is the payload commander. ner EVAs. Geostationary Operational Rounding out the seven-member crew are Mission Specialists Steven L. Smith, Gregory The astronauts spent two J. Harbaugh, Joseph R. “Joe” Tanner and Steven A. Hawley. Hubble was deployed in Environmental Satellite-K 1990 and designed to be serviced on-orbit about every three years. STS-82 marks the years training for their complex Target launch date: April 24 22nd flight of Discovery and the 82nd Shuttle mission. mission. The tools and aids are ELV: Atlas I classified as Space Support Pad: 36B KSC contractors recognized for Equipment (SSE). They range Mission: Next generation from a simple bag for carrying weather satellite providing safety programs and initiatives some of the smaller tools to so- improved weather imagery NASA KSC Safety hosted an and verified that they have phisticated computer-controlled and atmospheric sounding awards ceremony in Headquar- achieved their established goals power tools, and are categorized information. ters Jan. 23. Acting Deputy Di- resulting in measurable safety into two subgroups: Crew Aids rector Jim Jennings recognized program improvements. and Tools. KSC contractors for excellent Accident Prevention Certifi- Crew Aids are fixed-in-place STS-84 safety statistics, safety initia- cate recipients were: Digital or portable equipment items, tives and significant safety pro- Equipment Corp.; I-Net Inc.; other than hand tools, used to Atlantis (19th flight) gram improvements in Fiscal Lockheed Martin Manned Space assist crew members in accom- 84th Shuttle flight Year 1996. The KSC Safety Systems; NYMA Inc.; Railroad plishing mission tasks. Crew Target launch date: May 15 Awards include: Track Construction Corp.; Sun aids include handrails, Pad: 39A • The Accident Prevention Coast Services Inc.; Thiokol handholds, transfer equipment, Mission: 6th Shuttle-Mir Certificate, presented to con- Corp.; and Wang Federal Inc. protective covers, tethering de- Docking; Spacehab- tractors who had no "lost time" The Safety Initiatives Awards vices, grapple fixtures, foot re- Double Module accidents for the fiscal year; were presented to EG&G straint sockets, and stowage and Duration: 9 days • The Safety Initiatives Florida and Rockwell Aerospace parking fixtures. Crew: Precourt, Collins, Award, recognizing contractors (now United Space Alliance). Tools are hand-operated de- Foale, Noriega, Lu, who have developed, planned Center Director's Awards vices that allow spacewalking Clervoy (ESA), and successfully implemented were presented to Dynamac astronauts to more efficiently Kondakova(Russia). safety initiatives; and Corp.; I-Net Inc.; McDonnell perform intricate, labor-inten- Linenger (STS-81) and • The Center Director's Douglas Space and Defense Sys- sive tasks. Tools can be used to Foale change places on Award, recognizing contractors tems Inc.; United Space Alli- perform such tasks as accessing Mir. who have completed the criteria ance; and USBI. Awards cer- for the Safety Initiatives Award emony photos are on Page 7. (See HUBBLE, Page 8) Page 2 SPACEPORT NEWS February 14, 1997

Sterling Smith gets additional post in Employees of the Month payloads world HONORED in January — (front row, from left) Cathy Giesler, Procurement Office; Joyce Stevens, Installation Sterling Smith has been Operations; Sharon Pine, Space Station designated Hardware Integration Office; (back row, acting di- from left) Michael Bolger, Engineering rector, Pay- Development; Richard Bates, Shuttle Processing; Dicksy Hansen, Chief load Financial Officer's Office; Suzanne Ground Stuckey, Chief Counsel's Office; Bet Systems in Eldred, Administration Office; and Steve the Payload Chance, Payload Processing. Not shown: Daniel McNerney, Safety and Processing Mission Assurance; and SuSu Wong, Director- Logistics Operations. Smith ate. He con- tinues to hold his present title of deputy director of Payload KSC managers to speak at Quality Conference in March Processing. KSC will be well-represented Kent Black, chief executive of ics as Measuring for Success, at the 1997 Conference on Qual- United Space Alliance, the Single Process Initiative and In- ity in the Space and Defense NASA Space Flight Operations tegrated Compliance Manage- Editor's Industries, being held March 3– Contract organization (SFOC). ment. Note: A cur- 4 in Houston. This year's conference focuses Also participating from KSC rent photo of The conference is sponsored on the new partnering initia- are Tom Breakfield, director of Shannon by the Aviation/Space and De- tives emerging between NASA Safety and Mission Assurance Bartell was fense Division of the American and the Defense Department. and Hector Delgado, KSC not avail- Bartell Society for Quality Control. Issues such as acquisition re- Safety and Shuttle Upgrades able for the NASA Associate Administrator form, rapid change initiatives Directorate. Jan. 31 Spaceport News is- for Policy and Plans Alan and the changing role of quality For more information about sue announcing her Senior Ladwig will deliver the keynote will be discussed. the conference, contact Helen Executive Service appoint- address. Other speakers include Panels will focus on such top- Schneider, tel. 817 776-3550. ment as director, Payload Flight Systems, Payload Processing Directorate. Spaceport News goes electronic Note of The “under construction” Appreciation sign frequently seen on fledgling Editor's Note: The follow- Web site pages could easily ap- ing message is from Tom ply to transition the Spaceport and Rob Breakfield to their News is undergoing. fellow KSC employees: The 35-year old publication is During the past several weeks the being converted to an all-elec- reality of the frequently used tronic production process that AN EARLY issue of Spaceport News, scanned with the Silverscanner III. expression, "The KSC family," has will save money and allow in- all rolled into one. Knowledge of Tiff files directly from electronic been very indelibly impressed upon clusion of more late-breaking our hearts with the incredible the hardware and software also sources such as digital photo outpouring of concern, love and news. is essential. 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A single issue, without have helped us through this tragedy. pecked away on manual type- Macintosh PowerPC, chosen for embedded photo images, can Thank you for the cards, letters and writers and their stories would phone calls of encouragement, its compatibility with Microsoft take up as much as five mega- flowers and contributions in his later be set into type by a Word documents generated on bytes of memory. memory, and most of all for your printer. The production process IBM-type PCs. A second hard At C&R Designs, the elec- prayers. To those of you who took longer and required more drive will be added to provide tronic files are printed to an participated in the recovery, and people expert in different skills. those who gave their time and effort adequate memory. image setter which prints di- to speed that process, we will Photos were sized manually us- Each issue is laid out in rectly to film. forever be grateful. The Kennedy ing a proportion wheel. Pagemaker 6.0. Photos are ei- Eventually, the paper will go Space Center workforce truly is With desktop publishing, the ther scanned in using a LaCie totally electronic and the issue "family" and we are very proud to editor becomes a graphics de- be part of it. Silverscanner III and Adobe and photos will be transmitted signer, photographer and writer Photoshop 3.0, or converted into via modem. February 14, 1997 SPACEPORT NEWS Page 3

Indea Jackson (left) helps Fritz Widick with paperwork while Helen Johnson and Cindy Wicker check forms.

KSC bids farewell to old friends and coworkers departing NASA The third civil service buyout opportunity for NASA employees came to a close Feb. 3 as the last workers completed processing out. Altogether 168 KSC employees accepted the buyout opportunity, some as retirements and others as resignations. Buyouts also were held in 1994 and 1995 and 152 and 165 employees, respectively, took advantage of the offer to receive a bonus of up to $25,000. On these three pages, we bid farewell to friends and coworkers. Their contributions to America's space program will be remembered, and their presence missed. Unfortunately, the large number of departures precluded individual writeups. Photos were taken during pro- cessing out activities Jan. 31 and Feb. 3 in the Headquarters Cafeteria and KSC Training Auditorium.

Barbara J. Adair, EY-H Garen H. Bassett, DL-HDD Thomas L. Cain, PH-B5 Gary P. Cogan, EY-H

Thomas H. Allen, PK-F4 Howard E. Baxter, IM-W Betty P. Camp, GG-C2 Kenneth W. Colley, MK

Clara M. Anderson, PH-E Katherine D. Beatrice, BR- Warren L. Camp, HM-CIC Joseph D. Collner, PK-F3 B3 Joseph A. Aurelia, BR-D2 Michael J. Cardone, BE-C John T. Conway, BB Laura J. Bellamy, EI-C James W. Austin, BR-C Francis E. Carter, PZ-B Tammy K. Conway, DE-PCO David R. Benedik, GG-C1 Charles A. Bachstein, LO Bruce E. Chamberlain, OP- Theodore Cook Jr., EY-L Curl L.Bentley, LO-MSD AMO Carrie E. Backus, BE-E1 Jeannette K. Cooper, PK-E Edgar R. Bertram, IM-FEO Leonard W. Chapman, PK- Dennis Bahm, IM-NAO G3 John R. Copeland, PZ Claude E. Blackstone , PH- Dean E. Barwick, PK-E3 B5 Julie E. Clements, BR-D3 Richard M. Davis, DE-TPO

Robert J. Bourne, BE-B Joanne J. Cobbs, HM-PER-3 Francis X. Durso, DE

Darrell E. Boyer, DM-ASD

David C. Bragdon, BL-D

Mike B. Brock, BE-F4

Darwin V. Brown, HM-INF

Harriet M. Brown, IM-SST

Elizabeth J. Brown, OP-ESO

Robert Otis Buck, BL-D

Frank Merlino, PZ-A2, was one of the Laurrie L. Buckley, PH-B3 many NASA employees who processed Joe Aurelia (left), BR-D2, Nina Policicchio, LO-SOD-1 (second from left) and Marge out Jan. 3, 31 and Feb. 3. Helen Johnson Elrod (right) review forms in the Headquarters Cafeteria as Maria Smith and Sharon was one of the helpful staffers on hand to Zack H. Byrns, MK-SIO Lowry stand by ready to answer questions. Of the 168 NASA KSC employees who explain all the paperwork. took the buyout, 127 were retirements and 41 were resignations. Page 4 SPACEPORT NEWS February

Thomas Mariani, LO-ENG-2

Charles B. Mars, EC

Jonice B. McCaskill , BB-B Brenda Webb (left) chats with Roger Pearce, Laura Bellamy and Les Charles A. McEachern, BL-C2 Rostosky. John F. McInerny, DM-DTL

Vernon B. McDaniel, BR-D1

Frank J. Merlino, PZ-A2

Patricia H. Metcalfe , PH-B3

Thomas W. Miller, DM-MGD

Marjorie T. Elrod, HM-PER-3 James B. Jackson, MS Kenneth J. Miller, EY-M

Charles V. Fiers, BR-B3 Cynthia L. Jenkins, DE-TPO Loristean R. Mitchell, OP-ESO

Joseph W. Ford, EY-L Charlotte E. King, JJ Joan D. Molleur, PK-E

Charles A. Francois, HM-CIC Brad E . J. Kitayama, BE-F3 William I. Moore, LO-MSD

Robbin C.Frick, PZ-B3 Robert C. Koning, IM-FFO David W. Moxley, LO-SOD

Malcolm W. Fuller, EI Michael G. Kraus, PK-F4 Paul W. Moxley, PK-G6

Don D. Gardner, DM-ASD James T. Mullin, PK-D

Joseph E. Garner, PK-G4 William R. Munsey, JJ

Thomas W. George, PZ-A4 Walter T. Murphy, DE

David L. Gerber, IM-ADM Jo E. Murphy, IM

William B. Glaser, PK-F5 Larry A. Murray, PK-D2

John A. Godbold, BE-E1 Richard P. Nelson, EY-L

Todd A.Graham, DM-ASD Marge Elrod (foreground, left) and JoAnn Cobbs complete Terrence M. O'Shea, EI-F processing out activities in the cafeteria. Altogether 848 Joseph L. Green, PA-ESB NASA employees agencywide accepted the buyout offer. The KSC total of 168 was second only to Marshall, which Phyllis A. Onken, GG-B numbered 179 separations. Ruth H. Hall, IM-ENV Alan J. Parrish, CD Manuela C. Hansen, BR-D E. Ann Kreuzinger, BR-B2

Brian N. Harris Jr.,PH-B Thomas G. Kreuzinger, BR-D2

Lori P. Hicks, OP-MSO J. V. Laclave, PK-H6

Cedric Hill, PK-H3 John W. Larson, LO-SOD-3

G. Wyckliffe Hoffler, JJ Carl L. Lennon, PZ-B

Timothy A. Hudson, EY-L William Kenneth Lewis, PK-E3

Marisa T. Hueckel, BR-B1 John R. Lyon Jr., LO Howard Baxter reviews paperwork with Sharon Lowry George H. Hughes Jr.,EY-K Arthur J. Mandler, OP-MSO while Dana St. James looks on in the background. y 14, 1997 SPACEPORT NEWS Page 5

Jeffrey K.Venable, EY-L

Nancy M. Wall, PZ-C

Jack L. Warwick, IM-W

Ann H. Watson, OP

Darrow L. Webb, BE-F

Brenda J. Webb, PK

Barbara L. Weber, LO

Carol J. Weber Jr., PZ-D Joe Aurelia (left), Catherine Beatrice (second from left) and Tom Garland (right) complete forms with help from Ineda Jackson (second from right). David M.Wentworth, DE-TPO Martin B. Pearah, IM-F Larry R. Sloan III, IM-FFO Andrew E. Wheeler, DL-HDD Raymond W. Pecaut, DL-DSD Jackie E. Smith, DL Erik L.Whitehead, BL-D Brian P. Phelan, PZ-B2 Farley W. Stallard, EY Herman K. Widick, PH-B3 Gary A. Phillips Jr., EY-J Rex C. Stanley, PZ-B1 James J. Williams, BL-C1 Roger Pierce, DL-SDD John R. Styles, BB-D W. Paula Williams, GG-C1 Tracy T. Pike, BR-B1 John A. Taegel, EY-F Alfred D. Willis, PZ-C1 Patrick T. Pinkowski, PZ-B2 Nicholas J. Talluto, GG Douglass R.Wilson, PH-B3 Antonina T. Policicchio, LO-SOD-1 Christopher M. Winiewicz, GG-C3 Clinton Dale Pope Jr., PZ Julia R. Winn, DE Betty B. Porterfield, GG Charles Larry Wood, PK-E1 J. David Post, PK-E4 Dale A. Zeigler, OP-MSO Richard D. Purvis, DE Tony R. Zito, EY-J Larry V. Richardson, IM-W

Charles B. Roberts, BE

Andres Rodriguez, BR-D3 Charlie Mars (left) and Gary Phillips are elated about leaving the working world behind. Ramona L. Rogers, HM-WIO Mark J. Tantillo, PZ-A3

Leslie John Rostosky, DL-DSD Max G. Taylor, BR-D

Richard W. Russell, PK-D1 Mark E. Terseck Jr., IM-FFO

Jeanette R. Scheving, GG-C3 James A. Thomas, CD

Paul W. Schmid, PK-H7 Garland L. Thomas, EI-C

Lynn R. Shepard, IM-FFO Martha Janet Thompson, IM-FEO

Anne M. Sigg, IM-FCC Carol C. Tibbetts Jr., IM-W

Christopher K. Sigg Jr., IM-FEO Steven L. Tilson, BE-E3 Nina Policicchio and Irby Moore chat over a cup of coffee in the Headquarters Cafeteria while processing out. Page 6 SPACEPORT NEWS February 14, 1997

Cameras roll at KSC Press Site

THE KSC PRESS SITE was transformed into a film stage for a brief period on Jan. 29, when Warner Brothers completed a shoot for the upcoming feature film Contact, based on the bestseller by late astronomer Carl Sagan. In photo at top, the scale of a motion picture production is evident as extras, actors and actresses and staff swarm over the grandstand. Above, Director and Producer Robert Zemeckis (second from left); First Assistant Bruce Moriarty (left) and Photography Director Don Burgess (third from left) review a take on video to decide whether to keep it or shoot again. At left, the film crew shoots a closeup involving one of several helicopters detailed for the scene.

CONTACT is about humanity's first brush with extraterrestrial life. Besides Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey and James Woods, it will star John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, Rob Lowe and Angela Bassett. In this scene at left, the double for Jodie Foster, her hair pulled tightly back, is visible at the podium. Filming at the Press Site took place over a two-day period before switching to the NASA Causeway for a crowd scene involving approximatelys 2,000 extras. February 14, 1997 SPACEPORT NEWS Page 7

1996 KSC Safety Awards SHUTTLE Processing Director Bob Sieck (left),USA Associate Program Manager of Ground Operations Mike McCulley (center) and USA Ground Operations Group ACCEPTING the Safety Initiative Award Technical Manager Ed Adamek (right) present the SFA team award to USA workers for EG&G is Jack Bokash (left) and for (second from left) Dave Bethard; Monzy Matthews; Katie Brenna; Elaine Lovel; and Rockwell, Norm Murphy (right) with Acting Dori Swift. Missing is Judy Cassidy. Deputy Director Jim Jennings doing the KSC workers honored with Silver honors. Snoopies and SFA team award A Space Flight Awareness pliance. They developed a user- (SFA) team award and 20 Silver friendly environmental check- Snoopies were distributed to list that applies to any and all KSC employees in January. SFOC work. They also made it The following contractor em- easier for organizations to iden- ployees were honored with the tify under what conditions the prestigious Silver Snoopy checklist must be completed. award: From Boeing North “The original list was very American, Stephen generic and people Bauder; from EG&G didn't know what kind Florida, Bob Brown- of information was be- ing, Doug Carraway, ing sought,” Brenna Bob Castlen, Kevin said. Fresa, Richard Hall, The new list in- Larry Jewell, Steve McGovern, cludes about 40 items which Huan Truong and Rosemarie should be considered before Wright; from Sherikon Space work can take place, such as Systems, Bob Burns and Frank whether land-clearing is re- Kiep Jr.; from United Space Al- quired or whether industrial CONTRACTOR officials accepting the Accident Prevention Award from Jennings (center) are (from left) John Falzone and Linda Jennings, Sun Coast Services; Ray liance, Bob Chiodini, Harold wastewater will be generated. Haverkos, NYMA; Jan Garavano, Digital Equipment Corp.; Curt Satterthwaite, I-NET; Shackelford, Steve Anderson, In addition, the team initi- Juan Ramirez, Lockheed Martin; Mark Simmons, Railroad Track Construction Corp; George Gross and Dave Van Den ated the placement of liasons Ron Bartcher, Wang Federal; and Sharon Wright, Thiokol Corp. Beldt; and from USBI, Carmen who are available to answer Charlton. questions on-site about environ- NASA employees Tom Purer mental compliance issues. They in the Safety and Mission Assur- also created a database to track ance Directorate and Connie the status of all SFOC projects Stallings in the Administration with environmental impact or Office also received Snoopies. potential impact through the Presented with the SFA full duration of each effort. award was the USA Environ- “Regulations may change, or mental Engineering Team of there may be changes in the Katie Brenna, lead; Dave project itself that could be rel- Bethard; Judy Cassidy; D. evant to environmental compli- Elaine Lovel; Monzy Mathews ance,” Brenna noted. and Dori Swift, all of USA's En- The effort has helped im- vironmental Engineering and prove environmental awareness Permit Management Group. among USA employees, too. A The team developed compre- survey showed a 65 percent hensive improvements to the positive response to the ques- process under which Space tion, “Has filling out Environ- Flight Operations Contract mental Compliance Checklists JENNINGS (center) presented Center Director's Awards to (from left) contractor officials (SFOC) projects are assessed for increased your awareness of Jim Hillis, I-NET; Doug Britt, Dynamac; Jimmy Rudolph, USA; Dick Beagley, USBI; and environmental impact and com- environmental requirements?” Case Van Dyke, McDonnell Douglas. Page 8 SPACEPORT NEWS February 14, 1997 Hubble. . . MARK LEE (left), trains underwater at (Continued from Page 1) Marshall Space Flight Center. The STS- equipment bays on both the or- 82 tools and aids are installed biter and the telescope, to re- throughout the orbiter payload bay as well as on the middeck, aft flight deck straining crew members, tools and airlock of the orbiter. Below, Joe and hardware, or to provide tem- Tanner prepares to go underwater in the porary storage of hardware tank at . The four items such as nuts and bolts, or spacewalking astronauts have been crosstrained so that anyone is capable to allow manual operation of of performing any given task. spacecraft and EVAs. Throughout the EVAs, the Flight Support Among the STS-82 tools are System holding Hubble in the payload a Power Ratchet Tool (PRT), bay will be rotated so that the area being worked on faces foward to made of titanium and aluminum provide better visibility and access by and designed for tasks requiring the robot arm. controlled torque, speed or turns. of turns for a particular task be- Johnson, which closely matches The Multi-setting Torque fore it's performed, Harbaugh the feel of moving large objects Limiter (MTL) is provided to noted. around in space. prevent damage to hardware Training included extended Virtual reality is another EVA due to the application of torque hours in water tanks at both training tool. Virtual reality which may exceed design limits. Johnson Space Center and proved to be beneficial during Multi-setting torque limiters are Marshall Space Flight Center. the first Hubble servicing as an used in conjunction with the The astronauts wore EVA suits effective method for choreo- power or hand tools that inter- and worked with full-sized graphing verbal cues between face with bolts and latches on mockups of the telescope and the spacewalking astronauts the telescope. protective carriers that contain and the crew inside operating Another tool is the Pistol Grip the replacement instruments the Shuttle's robot arm. Tool (PGT), a unique piece of and tools. “… Each one of these servic- hardware designed according to “… The suit weighs about 300 ing missions allows us to restore the recommendations of the first pounds …" said EV 2 Steven lost redundancy in the tele- Hubble servicing crew. Smith. “… It takes some time to scope…,” observed STS-82 Com- “… Everything we do is very learn how to use it. Your flexibil- mander Ken Bowersox. “But dependent on proper settings of ity, reach, visibility, etc., is re- they also allow us to bring the tools that we're using,” said Mis- ally diminished because the suit instruments up to the latest sion Specialist and EV 3 Gregory is so bulky — it has to be to pro- level of technology, which is Harbaugh,“you don't want to tect us, so you have to learn how what we're doing now. over-torque a bolt for example to use the suit.” “We're taking a telescope and twist something off.” It's The training also included which is designed back in the written into the EVA checklist to rehearsing servicing procedures '70s basically…” he continued, call off the torque and number on an air-bearing floor at “And we're bringing the technol- ogy up to date for the '90s, and we'll be able to do that again for the next mission, which is right around the year 2000.” IN KSC's Vertical Processing Facility, Louise Kleba of the Vehicle Integration Test Team (VITS) and engineer Devin Tailor of Goddard Space John F. Kennedy Space Center Flight Center examine the Pistol Grip Tool. The PGT is a self-contained, Spaceport News microprocessor-controlled, battery-powered, handheld tool. It also can be used as The Spaceport News is an official publication of the Kennedy Space a non-powered ratchet Center and is published on alternate Fridays by the Public Affairs Office wrench. The PGT's in the interest of KSC civil service and contractor employees. microprocessor can be Contributions are welcome and should be submitted two weeks be- programmed to control fore publication to the Media Services Branch, PA-MSB. E-mail submis- limits for torque, speed, sions can be sent to [email protected] number of turns and angle. Managing editor...... Lisa Malone Editor...... Paula Shawa Editorial support provided by Sherikon Space Systems Inc. writers group.

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