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Subject: Re: On-board computers
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Date: Wed, 12-Mar-86 15:50:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 12 15:50:00 1986
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> Today on the radio I heard that the crew compartment of the shuttle
> was located and that NASA was going to bring it up.

A newspaper report quoted someone as saying something like, "We're
talking about debris, not a crew compartment, and about remains, not
bodies."

> Now I could see getting information from the recorders, but the
> on-board computers?

The same article quoted a person who worked on the computer systems some
years ago, as saying nothing useful could be gained from retrieving the
systems.

Alan Silverstein