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From: sewilco@mecc.UUCP (Scot E. Wilcoxon)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Shuttle Explodes in Take-Off
Message-ID: <412@mecc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 29-Jan-86 15:45:44 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 29 15:45:44 1986
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Reply-To: sewilco@.UUCP (Scot E. Wilcoxon)
Followup-To: net.columbia
Organization: MN Ed Comp Corp, St. Paul, MN
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Summary: Short-term discussions belong in net.columbia

Net.columbia is for short-term discussions.  Comments on the shuttle
accident belong there.  (Followups to this msg go to net.columbia)

Net.space is for long-term discussions.  Some Challenger comments may
be appropriate here, particularly if cause of the accident happens to
be due to an erroneous fundamental assumption.

Readers of net.space may remember that a few months ago the long-term
probability of fatalities in the space program was discussed there.
As someone (Yeager?) said last night.. Deaths are certain in the
long run, but unlikely for any one specific flight.
It seems now net.columbia will be addressing a specific case.

(Do I sound stilted or in shock?  [insert graphic of flag at half-staff])
-- 

Scot E. Wilcoxon  Minn. Ed. Comp. Corp.            quest!mecc!sewilco
45 03 N / 93 15 W   (612)481-3507 {ihnp4,mgnetp}!dicomed!mecc!sewilco