Re: Can you say "World War III?"

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, System Support Products, Inc. wrote:

>     The Challenger disaster was not software related, as I remember it 
> was faulty gaskets manufactured by a contractor (who, as far as I'm 
> concerned, weren't penalized nearly enough).


Yup, O-rings blew out.  I was in Florida watching it from Orlando...  And
from what I heard at the time, there was sufficient reason to believe they
were alive until close to impact...

Frankly you're right, both NASA and Thiokol got off too lightly, but I
also was very annoyed that the rest of the crew was treated as a distant
also ran status...frankly, I think that Resnick, Onozuka(sp?), et al were
as much of the hero's of the day as anyone...

(and I'll stop here before David thunderbolts me for ranting off list...:)

Don in DC

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