The spare unit was one that was removed during the STS-103 mission, and had been refurbished on the ground.
Commissioned in 1984 to refurbish, on a tight budget, New York City's Morgans Hotel, Putman shunned what she called the "vulgarity" of traditional luxury and opted instead for a streamlined yet opulent sense of comfort.
Though the familiar media trope is of obsolete hi-tech junk shipped off for dangerous backyard recycling, in reality many of these products are refurbished on arrival and receive a second lease of life in developing-world households.
Rescued from a scrap yard in Arizona where for two decades it had been mothballed and cannibalized for parts, the four-engine Lockheed C-140 JetStar has been refurbished on the outside to look as good as new.
Tourism is dying a slow death with most hotels built on a mountain of debt in the boom years and the rest massively refurbished (on a mountain of debt) to keep up.
During the mission status briefing, Tomas Gonzalez-Torres, the Lead EVA Officer, and Hubble Program Manager Preston Burch both explained that the spare RSU would not impact the life of the telescope, as it had been fully refurbished on the ground with two of the three improvements incorporated in newer models.
Recognise terms such as OEM, Retail, RTM, used, engineering sample, refurbished, on display, brown boxed, opened but otherwise new, physically damaged, limited warranty, and life time warranty.
Talk story about the reopening of the refurbished Tavern-on-the-Green, in Central Park, at West 67th St., on Tuesday, Aug. 31.
The New Yorker, September 13 , 1976P. 30 Talk story about the reopening of the refurbished Tavern-on-the-Green, in Central Park, at West 67th St., on Tuesday, Aug. 31.
SAN DOMENICO, near Columbus Circle, will close on Sunday for refurbishing, reopening on Aug. 10.
