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From: gwe@cbdkc1.UUCP ( George Erhart x4021 CB 3D288 RNB )
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Subject: Re: Morton-Thiokol Engineering Claims
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Date: Wed, 26-Feb-86 15:17:45 EST
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In article <209@bu-cs.UUCP> bzs@bu-cs.UUCP (Barry Shein) writes:
>Re: Why didn't MT go to the media with their concerns about the O-Rings?

MT was involved in some important (i.e. $400 million) contract talks with
NASA at the time of the accident. It is easy to speculate that the MT upper
management would downplay the engineers concerns in order to keep up a
good front with NASA. It is amazing to see the kind of pressure that comes
with contract negotiations for that kind of money.
-- 
George Erhart at AT&T Bell Laboratories Columbus, Ohio 
614-860-4021 {ihnp4,cbosgd}!cbdkc1!gwe