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From: greg@nmtvax.UUCP (Greg Titus)
Newsgroups: net.columbia,net.astro.expert
Subject: Re: Whats small, green & deadly?
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Date: Tue, 4-Feb-86 16:36:12 EST
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> I don't know, but a NASA spokesperson told people not to beachcomb for
> Challenger debris because they might discover "a small green object which would
> kill them 1 or 2 seconds after touching it."  WhatWcould this be?

Probably an explosive bolt.  There are quite a few of them in various
spots on the liftoff assemblage -- several might have survived the initial
explosion.

Add another vote for net.challenger ...

greg
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