From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhtsa!alice!sjb
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Title: Space Suits
Article-I.D.: alice.1221
Posted: Wed Dec  1 07:32:52 1982
Received: Thu Dec  2 03:53:09 1982

Technicians have found what they are calling a tentative reason
for the failure of the two space suits aboard STS-5.

Apparently, in Bill Lenoir's suit, a pressure regulator broke
down because a few pieces of plastic that are supposed to keep
tension on springs were never installed.  They termed this due
to a lack of quality control.

In William Allen's suit, a fan broke down because of a ''fluke
mechanical failure.''