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From: heiby@falkor.UUCP (Ron Heiby)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: LIFE Boisjoly Interview
Message-ID: <148@falkor.UUCP>
Date: 4 Mar 88 13:23:49 GMT
Organization: Luck Dragons, Magic, & Friends
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In the March 1988 issue of LIFE magazine, there is in interview of Roger
Boisjoly, of Morton Thiokol O-ring fame.  It starts on page 17.  On page
22, Boisjoly makes the following statement (about the nozzle joint):

	Incredibly, NASA is now reinstalling the model that worked
	in August.  If you make the technical decision to redesign
	a piece of hardware, it is not on a whim --- it is because
	something is wrong.  And if the redesign fails, then you
	cannot ethically revert to the previous version and call it
	acceptable for flight.

Does anyone know more about this?
-- 
Ron Heiby, heiby@mcdchg.UUCP	Moderator: comp.newprod & comp.unix
"I believe in the Tooth Fairy."  "I believe in Santa Claus."
	"I believe in the future of the Space Program."