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From: szyld@duke.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Challenger disaster
Message-ID: <6857@duke.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 30-Jan-86 20:06:01 EST
Article-I.D.: duke.6857
Posted: Thu Jan 30 20:06:01 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 1-Feb-86 05:46:23 EST
References: <787@decwrl.DEC.COM>
Reply-To: szyld@duke.UUCP (Daniel B. Szyld)
Organization: Duke University
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Summary: 

In article <787@decwrl.DEC.COM> fisher@star.DEC (Burns Fisher ZKO1-1/D42 DTN 381-1466) writes:
>
>Another thing:  Are the SRB recovery aids autonomous?  Any chance that they
>popped their chutes and landed intact after they finished firing?  If they
>are recovered, that would be (obviously) good evidence about the SRB explosion
>theory.
>
>Burns

As you may know by now, they were detonated by remote control after
separation, since they were headed towards populated areas.


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