Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Fuel Leaks - Historical Perspective Message-ID: <1990Sep19.164057.618@zoo.toronto.edu> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: Date: Wed, 19 Sep 90 16:40:57 GMT In article mbullock@ADS.COM (Michael E. Bullock) writes: >I don't recall NASA having these problems earlier in the shuttle >program (i.e., STS 1 - 25). Is this all a recent phenomena, or >did they have leaks before, but the mission scrub threshold was >higher so they flew anyways?... I think it's mostly a new problem. They have gotten more thorough about testing and less inclined to disregard small anomalies, but I've never heard of things being this bad before. -- TCP/IP: handling tomorrow's loads today| Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology OSI: handling yesterday's loads someday| henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry