[net.space] The NEXT shuttle accident

keithl@vice.UUCP (Keith Lofstrom) (02/12/86)

  Some analyses show that we can expect more catastrophic failures with
the SRBs, and right now the fixes bandied about consist of some variant
of "we'll do it better next time".  This may not be true, but with so
many things to go wrong, and no survivable emergency response to many
of them, there is a strong possibility of more fatalities during the
next >300 shuttle flights.
  
  After the NEXT one happens, will the congresscritters say phrases like
"the cost of space exploration" and "heros who gave their lives for us",
or will they abolish U.S. manned space flight?   What's REALLY at risk
here?