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From: mears@hpindda.cup.hp.com (David Mears)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Did the O-rings REALLY do it ???
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Date: 5 Feb 91 23:48:57 GMT
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> / yetmank@merrimack.edu /  6:34 am  Feb  4, 1991 /
> 
> Anyway, what's it matter what caused it?  The fact is that it happened,
> and there is nothing we can do to change that.
> 
> Kevin

``What's it matter what caused it?'' you say.  The point is, that
although it is too late to change what happened with Challenger,
it's not too late to change what could otherwise happen with another
shuttle.  That's why it's important to know the truth.  If (I said
IF) the O-Rings were not the cause, and the real cause has not been
addressed, then another catastrophe could happen.  It may very well
anyway, even if we know what went wrong and have fixed it adequately.

David B. Mears
Hewlett-Packard
Cupertino CA
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