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Gene Covert - tall, thin, a little gangly - drooping gray moustache, twinkle in his eye. Head of Aero Eng dept @MIT, was chair of NRC SSME panel pre STS-1. Took the "just a simple country boy" approach, "it is my job description to be absent-minded", "bear with me, if you will", "doodled" eqns on napkins, scrap paper

"As we sit, who is writing?" (Note passed from Keel during unprofitable session on type size, color of cover, etc)

"What's the downside?" (as in, "I could get fired...now what's the down side?")

"Away from the direction of goodness." Roger Boisjoly, MTI, O ring seal engineer