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From: clj@ksr.com (Chris Jones)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Challenger
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Date: 21 Mar 90 13:46:26 GMT
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In article <666.26064ead@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu> you write:
>A word on the Challenger...
>
>Three of the seven were most probably conscious at impact, as their
>respective O2 emergency packs were almost used up.  

You don't have to be conscious to breathe, so the fact that the packs were
depleted doesn't support your conclusion (also, the packs were air, not O2,
FYI).  In case you're interested, I believe that 3 out of four of the packs on
the flight deck were depleted (Scobee's was not), and the packs on the mid-deck
were never checked.

As I've said, it doesn't really matter since the accident was non-survivable.
I also imagine that it would have been hard to avoid blacking out if the crew
cabin were tumbling on its way down.
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Chris Jones    clj@ksr.com    uunet!ksr!clj    harvard!ksr!clj