1.   Added security is warranted, according to one analyst, who nonetheless questioned the effectiveness of the secrecy surrounding the ground movements of the shuttle and its launch time.

2.   Employees based at Vandenberg with the company will not move permanently to Alaska, but will travel to Kodiak for launch times, Malone said.

3.   High-priority targets are best viewed in the portion of Earth orbit bathed in darkness, a factor that drives the calculation of launch times, she said.

4.   Hugh Hefner is just a geezer whose booster rocket is bound to flame out before launch time.

5.   If the Russians change their launch time, the shuttle takeoff also would have to change.

6.   NASA was barred from identifying the primary cargo for those missions as well as the launch times.

7.   Of course, the Federal Aviation Administration had to approve all launch times.

8.   The launch committee will set a new launch time when it meets later today, Takahashi said.

9.   The week around Labor Day is considered optimum launch time, he says.

10.   Another test will be run two hours before launch time.