Jinx wrote:
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> " The Commission has concluded that neither Thiokol nor NASA
> responded adequately to internal warnings about the faulty seal
> design. Furthermore, Thiokol and NASA did not make a timely
> attempt to develop and verify a new seal after the initial design
> was shown to be deficient.  Neither organization developed a
> solution to the unexpected occurrences of O-ring erosion and
> blow-by even though this problem was experienced frequently
> during the Shuttle flight history. Instead, Thiokol and NASA
> management came to accept erosion and blow-by as unavoidable
> and an acceptable flight risk."
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 I wonder, if there were any awkward engineer who asked
stupid questions sorta: why we should take all this
"unavoidable and an acceptable flight risk" let's improve
it. Or they had a crew similar to "Kursk" submarine:
all dutiful well-trained nice guys without any personal
thought in their bright KGB-approved heads?

 Mike.

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