Jerry Durand wrote:
I heard about the insulation, too. But, apparently they lost contact with the shuttle at 9am right when those power units were turned on. I believe they are turned on before the insulation would matter.
Either way - and call me a demagogue for this if you want - I really hope that part of our plan, where we make space flight cheap enough that one can test launch vehicles to high reliability and properly fix things if they break or get close to wearing out, can come into effect in time to prevent this kind of thing from happening again. _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
