Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!cmcl2!esquire!caggiano From: caggiano@esquire.UUCP (Frank Caggiano) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Launching shuttles soon Message-ID: <16@esquire.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Nov-86 20:12:16 EST Article-I.D.: esquire.16 Posted: Thu Nov 13 20:12:16 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Nov-86 01:52:45 EST References: <7254@utzoo.UUCP> <346@xios.UUCP> <7275@utzoo.UUCP> Reply-To: caggiano@esquire.UUCP (Frank Caggiano) Organization: DP&W, New York, NY Lines: 12 In article <260@cartan.Berkeley.EDU> desj@brahms (David desJardins) writes: >I think that any person who is >knowledgeable about the shuttle would agree that if the shuttle were to be >launched immediately, with simple precautions (e.g., not launching in arctic >weather!), that the risk of loss due to SSME malfunction would be substan- >tially than the risk of SRB failure. I never relized that the weather in Florida during January was considered arctic. I always wondered why so many people went there on vacation :-) Frank Caggiano