dietz (12/11/88)
From: dietz The NY Times reports that hot gases leaked through caulked seals in the nozzles of the SRBs used in the launch of STS 26. NASA dismissed the problem, saying that no O rings were damaged, and that the last ground test of the redesigned SRBs had omitted a ten inch section of caulking with no problems. If failure of the caulking is not a problem, I wonder why they put it in in the first place. I find NASA's attitude disturbing. Failure of the seal to behave as designed is not something from which safety can be infered. Paul F. Dietz dietz@cs.rochester.edu Tonight on "It's the Mind" we examine deja vu...