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From: bl@hplabsb.UUCP (Bruce T. Lowerre)
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Subject: 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?