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From: kjm@ut-ngp.UUCP (Ken Montgomery)
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Subject: Challenger disaster
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Date: Fri, 31-Jan-86 12:57:38 EST
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> Which is in the bottom of the tank, LOX or LH2?

The ET is really 2 tanks.  The one containing LH2 is on the bottom.

>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

The SRBs are reported to have been detonated by the range safety officer
because one of them was heading for a populated area.  (There is apparently
no way to destroy only one.)

--
The above viewpoints are mine.  They are unrelated to
those of anyone else, including my cat and my employer.

Ken Montgomery  "Shredder-of-hapless-smurfs"
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