Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!umich!dgsi!gregc
From: gregc@cimage.com (Greg Cronau/10000)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Atlas (was Re: For All Mankind)
Message-ID: <1990Oct10.032022.4493@cimage.com>
Date: 10 Oct 90 03:20:22 GMT
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In article <27755@boulder.Colorado.EDU> serre@tramp.Colorado.EDU (SERRE GLENN) writes:
>I heard a story once that an Atlas at VAFB had depressurized inadvertently
>with a satellite on top, resulting in a partial collapse of the rocket. 
>Can anyone out there substantiate or disprove this story?
>
>--Glenn Serre
>serre@tramp.colorado.edu

The only incident I can remember was about 10 years ago. The Atlas that was 
on display at Wright Pattereson AFB lost pressure and crumpled.
Don't know about any on the pad.

gregc@cimage.com