Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: other causes of the Challenger disaster? Message-ID: <1988Jun13.190958.964@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <247@ncar.ucar.edu> <3330004@hpindda.HP.COM> <2951@polyslo.UUCP>, <1334@wayback.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13 Jun 88 19:09:58 GMT Anyone trying to assess the relative merits of NASA's explanation of 51L and Ali AbuTaha's version should read AbuTaha's article in the May (?) (I know it was recent but don't have the issue handy to verify the date) issue of Spaceflight. Can you say "incoherent"? Conceivably it might have been mangled after it left his hands, but I'd be surprised. My opinion of him dropped quite a bit when I saw that. His ideas do deserve a look, but don't assume that because he's the underdog, he's automatically right. -- "For perfect safety... sit on a fence| Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology and watch the birds." --Wilbur Wright| {ihnp4,decvax,uunet!mnetor}!utzoo!henry