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From: dsmith@hplabsb.UUCP (David Smith)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Production Verification Motor-1 Test (Forwarded)
Message-ID: <4859@hplabsb.UUCP>
Date: 23 Aug 88 17:25:05 GMT
References: <13678@ames.arc.nasa.gov>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
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In article <13678@ames.arc.nasa.gov>, yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) writes:
>          MSFC STATUS REPORT: PVM-1 TEST
>          August 19, 1988
>          ...
>          The motor was intentionally flawed in several of its joints
>          to verify the fail-safe characteristics of the redesign.
>          ...
>	   "They reported
>          that the nozzle seems to be in the best condition of any
>          we've seen.  The nozzle outer boot ring was intact...

Quick, stop the launch!  Discovery's boosters don't have the intentional
flaws!

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			David Smith
			HP Labs
			dsmith@hplabs.hp.com