Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uunet!pdn!rnms1!dave From: dave@rnms1.paradyne.com (Dave Cameron (Consultant)) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: What happened? Could risk be higher? Message-ID: <6791@pdn.paradyne.com> Date: 30 Nov 89 16:52:53 GMT References: <5082@jane.uh.edu> <1989Nov29.163242.1165@utzoo.uucp> Sender: usenet@pdn.paradyne.com Reply-To: dave@rnms1.paradyne.com (Dave Cameron ) Organization: AT&T Paradyne, Largo, Florida Lines: 18 In article <1989Nov29.163242.1165@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: [good stuff deleted] >the best guess [in my opinion -- Kerwin's team did not guess] is that the >cabin lost pressure quickly and the astronauts rapidly lost consciousness, ??????? I assume that one would like to consult the tables of "time of useful consciousness" against altitude before drawing a conclusion. Those times are longer than many people think. However I think this is an emotional issue rather than an engineering one (guilt and horror). The reality is that only TEST craft and MILITARY craft should have real ejection capacity. Other craft should be designed to not fall apart - and the effort directed there. All high energy systems are dangerous. Dave Cameron