Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-ncis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!ucsd!orion.cf.uci.edu!oberon!sm.unisys.com!csun!polyslo!jmckerna From: jmckerna@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (THE VIKING) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Engine cracks Summary: I belive the cracks are for real. Keywords: Atlantis- media ignores it... Message-ID: <6899@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> Date: 10 Jan 89 08:34:19 GMT References: <582@flatline.UUCP> Reply-To: jmckerna@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (THE VIKING) Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo Lines: 16 In article <582@flatline.UUCP> erict@flatline.UUCP (The Evil Mel Fujitsu) writes: >First, let me state that I have absolutely no idea whether the information >regarding cracks in the Atlantis main engines is substantiated by any facts. I also heard the that the Atlantis turbo pumps had cracks. I heard it on KNXT news radio AM 980 in Southern California, a news station that is usually pretty reliable. If this is true, and I believe it is, then it is a very severe problem, one that could in the worst case ground the shuttle fleet for an extended period of costly modifications. As I understand it, the turbo pumps were built at or beyond the leading edge of the technology of their time, and have always been a major concern for the shuttle program. If anyone has some hard data on the Atlantis pump cracking problem, or just on the pumps in general, I'd like to hear it. John L. McKernan. Student, Computer Science, Cal Poly S.L.O. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------