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From: jdeitch@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Jonathan Deitch)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Speculative Questions on STS-51F ATO
Message-ID: <1991May23.232815.10144@umiami.ir.miami.edu>
Date: 24 May 91 03:28:15 GMT
Organization: Univ of Miami IR
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Reading the article a couple of posts earlier on the Abort to Orbit of
Challenger, I thought I'd toss a little speculative question into the pot :

Is it possible Challenger was experiencing sensor failures like those they
found on Columbia ?

Where the sensors on Challenger that reported the excess engine temps the same
that were cracked on Columbia ?

If one of these sensors had broken off and entered the engine, wouldn't it
have caused more havoc ?

All this _is_ speculation since we, unfortunately and tragically, no longer
have Challenger to examine ... I'm interested in what others think, though.

- Jonathan 
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