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From: dts@cullvax.UUCP (Daniel T Senie)
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Subject: Re: Re: Escape tower for shuttle orbiter?
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> 
> Let's assume that there were an escape mechanism for the shuttle crew, would
> the Challenger crew be alive today?  The explosion was unexpected, the
> failure undetected, and the SNAFU still unexplained.  What sensors could
> possibly give sufficient warning?

That's just it. They removed all the sensors from the SRBs to reduce weight.
Great move, huh...

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