Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!rutgers!gatech!mcnc!ecsvax!cjl From: cjl@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Charles Lord) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Challenger tragedy Summary: Little Joe blew, not Sat-V Keywords: Saturn unmanned tests combined Message-ID: <5515@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> Date: 3 Aug 88 13:57:58 GMT References: <1001@scicom.alphacdc.com> <5827@dasys1.UUCP> <6081@ihlpl.ATT.COM> Organization: Triangle R&D Corp,RTP,NC Lines: 18 In article <6081@ihlpl.ATT.COM>, knudsen@ihlpl.ATT.COM (Knudsen) writes: > > I think there was one malfunction where we even got a freebie > checkout of the escape tower rockets that pull the CM away > from the stack. Nope, it was a "Little Joe II" solid rocket used for CM testing that malfunctioned, prompting the escape tower firing. As the CM was saved per intended escape procedures, the test was declared a success by NASA even though the booster failed. Large and clunky, the Saturn series was still the best our program ever produced... -- Charles Lord ..!decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!cjl Usenet Cary, NC cjl@ecsvax.uncecs.edu Bitnet #include #include