gd%sri-spam@sri-unix.UUCP (06/27/84)
From: gd@sri-spam (Greg DesBrisay) A coworker of mine who worked on some of the Apollo projects says that NASA typically builds self-destruct mechanisms into all their rockets in case they veer off course. If one of the Apollo rockets were to have gone off course, the astronauts would have ejected, and the range-officer would have exploded the booster in the hope that any pieces of metal would vaporize before hitting the ground and injuring somebody. Of course, that doesn't preclude using the explosives to keep classified material out of the wrong hands too.... Greg DesBrisay SRI gd@sri-spam