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From: ekrell@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Challenger disaster
Message-ID: <8628@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 30-Jan-86 21:52:04 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 30 21:52:04 1986
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References: <787@decwrl.DEC.COM>
Reply-To: ekrell@ucla-cs.UUCP (Eduardo Krell)
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
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In article <787@decwrl.DEC.COM> Burns Fisher writes:
>
>Another thing:  Are the SRB recovery aids autonomous?  Any chance that they
>popped their chutes and landed intact after they finished firing?

Nope, they were destroyed by an Air Force official who was in charge
some 20 seconds after the explosion. I think they carry explosive charges
that can be detonated from earth for such emergencies.
They claimed the SRBs were headed towards populated areas of Florida
and thus their destruction was in order. Too bad.
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    Eduardo Krell               UCLA Computer Science Department
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