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Appendix A: Letter from NASA to the Academy Requesting Establishment of Panel
Pages 55-56

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... Appends A Leder hom KASA to the Academy Requesting EstabUshment of Panel 55
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... Our objective is to encourage the research community to sponsor atmospheric activities utilizing KSC as a test ground for the application of state-of-thescience meteorological nowcasting techniques and technology. Resumption of routine Shuttle landings at RSC is in part dependent upon improving our current weather support system to provide a high level of confidence in a 90-minute prelanding forecast.
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