Correct. NASA was not at fault, per se - The manufacturer supplied them with bad information regarding possible issues with O-Rings and extreme low temps. Enough blame to go around.
GM Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it (Or something like that...) > ---------- > From: Mike Amato > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 11:05 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: LOL... (OT) > > on 1/24/03 1:54 PM, Luca Rescigno at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> They were the cause of the crash of the space flight which had the > >> teacher aboard. They became brittle in the extreme cold and cracked > letting > >> fuel out which then exploded killing the entire crew. > > > > Yep, the Challenger disaster. The reason this slipped through is > > because it was a long-awaited mission, and the ones in control didn't > > want to listen to the warnings telling them to postpone the mission. I > > don't know exactly what happened but it was a major fuck-up by NASA and > > they didn't fly another shuttle for two years or something. > > </OT> > > > > It wasn't NASA's fault. It was the fault of the manufacturer. There was a > whistleblower to whom noone listened. Anything for a contract. > > -- > Mike Amato > "Peace is not the absence of war, > but the presence of justice." > Martin Luther King -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
