[net.columbia] Pressure hull breached?

jimc@haddock.UUCP (02/01/86)

> I did notice some evidence that the orbiter did get broken open,
> not merely fall out of the sky.  When listening to the takeoff
> replay on the radio, I noticed when the explosion occurred that
> a burst of white noise appeared.  Sounded like an explosion.
> (I only remember hearing recordings of three explosions, so I'm
> certainly no expert.)

I heard it, too, and I made exactly the same assumption you did.
I, too, wonder why the media made no comment about this.

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rodean@hpfcla.UUCP (02/03/86)

> "Obviously a major malfunction." - NASA '86

This quote will be used in all the year-in-review pictorials to describe
the horrific event of a week ago.

The idea of naming seven of the newly discovered moons of Uranus is a
fitting and well-deserved memorial to the seven astronauts.

Bruce Rodean
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