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From: jlg@lanl.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Challenger disaster
Message-ID: <558@lanl.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 31-Jan-86 13:55:16 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 31 13:55:16 1986
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Reply-To: jlg@a.UUCP (Jim Giles)
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
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In article <557@lanl.ARPA> jlg@a.UUCP (Jim Giles) writes:
>The parachute seen on some of the Kennedy Space Center monitors has been
>incorrectly identified as both a crew member and an SRB.  The 'chute was
>one of the paramedics dropped by the recovery team in the first minutes
>after the disaster.

In an effort to reduce misinformation on the net, I have inadvertently
added to it.  A NASA release Thursday indicated that no paramedics were
parachuted into the recovery area as previously reported.  The parachute
seen was assumed to be the remains of one of the SRB's.  Sorry for the
error.

J. Giles
Los Alamos