Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!ius2.cs.cmu.edu!ralphw From: ralphw@ius2.cs.cmu.edu (Ralph Hyre) Newsgroups: net.columbia,net.space Subject: Challenger explodes shortly after launch Message-ID: <291@ius2.cs.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 28-Jan-86 12:55:00 EST Article-I.D.: ius2.291 Posted: Tue Jan 28 12:55:00 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 1-Feb-86 01:57:18 EST Distribution: net Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI Lines: 10 Xref: watmath net.columbia:1823 net.space:5391 28 miles downrange, 1:12 after liftoff, Challenger exploded and crashed into the ocean. It is assumed there are no survivors. (I leave it to others to post details, and followups, I just didn't see any reference to it yet and wanted to get the news out.) -- - Ralph W. Hyre, Jr. Internet: ralphw@c.cs.cmu.edu (cmu-cs-c.arpa) Usenet: ralphw@mit-eddie.uucp Fido: Ralph Hyre at Net 129, Node 0 (Pitt-Bull) Phone: (412)CMU-BUGS