rbc@houxu.UUCP (R.CONNAGHAN) (01/28/86)
I have just gotten from two different sources the word that the shuttle exploded after leaving the launch pad and then crashed into the ocean. That's all I know. -- Robert Connaghan WE 32100 Microprocessor Group AT&T Information System - Holmdel, N.J. houxu!rbc
sewilco@mecc.UUCP (Scot E. Wilcoxon) (01/29/86)
Net.columbia is for short-term discussions. Comments on the shuttle
accident belong there. (Followups to this msg go to net.columbia)
Net.space is for long-term discussions. Some Challenger comments may
be appropriate here, particularly if cause of the accident happens to
be due to an erroneous fundamental assumption.
Readers of net.space may remember that a few months ago the long-term
probability of fatalities in the space program was discussed there.
As someone (Yeager?) said last night.. Deaths are certain in the
long run, but unlikely for any one specific flight.
It seems now net.columbia will be addressing a specific case.
(Do I sound stilted or in shock? [insert graphic of flag at half-staff])
--
Scot E. Wilcoxon Minn. Ed. Comp. Corp. quest!mecc!sewilco
45 03 N / 93 15 W (612)481-3507 {ihnp4,mgnetp}!dicomed!mecc!sewilcorcook@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU (01/30/86)
There was no crash into the oceon, Challenger was completely destroyed.
The largest piece of debris was 12'x 4'. (Might have been 12x8, but it
was EXTREMELY small for the size of the shuttle.)
Regardless, there was no possibility for survivors.
Rob Cook
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