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Subject: Re: SRB burn through
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Date: Wed, 5-Feb-86 18:40:15 EST
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> 
> One of the SRBs did come close to burn through on a previous mission,
> but it was (you guessed it) on the Challenger, not the Columbia.  I read
> an article in the local newspaper describing the the things which
> happened to the Challenger.  That craft almost seemed cursed from the
> beginning, if one believes in such things.  I don't remember if NASA
> took any corrective measures or not.
> 
> 					Don Nash
> 
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> APRA:  dlnash@ngp.UTEXAS.EDU

   Question: Do the SRB's stay with the same shuttle all the time?
 Obviously they are interchangeable since the ET is always
 different.  It would seem a waste to have two for every
 shuttle, but with redundancy and quick turn around times 
 always high on NASA's list it would not surprise me.
 Does anyone know the history of the Challenger's SRB casings?
          Thanks

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