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5Feb ROGERS' Law OFFICE, D.C. "INFORMAL GET-TOGETHER" : ROGERS, ARMSTRONG, WHEELAN, RUMMEL, HOTZ, KUTYNA, FEYNMAN (LHR), SUTTER STAFF: JONATHON THOMPSON RON DAVIS (WHITE HOUSE) . KEEP INDEPENDENCE FROM NASA . CHARTER: REVIEW ACCIDENT; REPORT . HAVE TO HOLD SOME PUBLIC MEETINGS PM. LEESTMA (phone) [after MSFC trip] photos show 2sec puff of black smoke at lift-off. Y&P gimballing. MSFC: plume burns through LH"2" tank, and attach structure, and CO"2" feedlins [[feedlines?]] feedline . tanks collapse. Debris pieces => burned into, not out of tank
Transcription Notes:
I think the word is feedline, not feedlins, as feedlins is not a word. The handwritten “e” looks similar to other e’s in the notes.