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From: rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Small Green Canister
Message-ID: <978@burl.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 31-Jan-86 09:58:42 EST
Article-I.D.: burl.978
Posted: Fri Jan 31 09:58:42 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 1-Feb-86 06:17:49 EST
References: <413@drutx.UUCP>
Reply-To: rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson)
Organization: AT&T Technologies, Burlington NC
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In article <413@drutx.UUCP> slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden) writes:
>The paper today mentioned that people are being urged not to touch
>possible debris from the Challanger.  One of the reports was about
>a "small green canister" that was supposed to be deadly.  "You'd
>be dead in about 2 seconds" if you touched it.
>
>What the hell could that be?  Or is it just media hype or a story
>circulated to make sure people don't tamper with possible important
>evidence?
>-- 
My thoughts are, in order of percieved likelihood:

1) Nasty chemicals to be used on one of the experiments, or
2) a waterproof casing containing the "black box" flight recorder that
   they don't want people to touch for obvious reasons.
-- 

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