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Thu Apr 29 23:21:02 1982
Re: shuttle engine blowup?
       I don't know too many details, but as I understand it one of the
engines for Challenger blew up durring a test firing last week. The engine
was about 1.5 minutes into a 2 minute test firing at 109% of engine thrust.
(I never have liked it when people use numbers greater than 100%...) The
engineers suspect one of the fuel pumps (I think) was the cause of the disaster
since it was slightly hotter than expected just prior to the explosion.
I heard nothing about schedule, but if I hear anymore, I will put it on
the net.
                                               murray at intelqa


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