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From: karn@petrus.UUCP (Phil R. Karn)
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Subject: Re: Paranoia
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Date: Sun, 16-Mar-86 15:12:19 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 16 15:12:19 1986
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Here's another way for an engineer to express strong concerns about flight
safety: Tell the flight commander. Given the recent comments in the press by
John Young and others, it seems they would not only welcome such information
from a responsible source, they'd demand it.  It would be very hard for
upper management to decide to launch if the commander threatens to walk out
and tell the press unless a problem is fixed.

The captain of an aircraft takes final responsibility for the safety of his
flight and therefore deserves to know EVERYTHING that relates to flight
safety. I don't see why it should be any different with the Shuttle.

Phil Karn

"If God had meant us to use the metric system, He would have given us ten
fingers, and ten toes, and..."