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PREFACE- SEVERAL POINTS: ① President was personally moved + involved ② Commission independent of NASA + reported to president ③ NASA appeared uncoop. in receiving [[m?]] to public, but wasn't to commission ④ Thanked Congress for "being responsible" ⑤ Range of investigation (+ also what it DIDN'T cover) ⑥ NASA created teams to help → [[right margin]] doesn't ∙budget ∙of DL aspects of shuttle → "safety aspects of future flts + lessons learned [[/right margin]] - in response to commission - of people NOT involved in SIL INTRO- Quick history of shuttle pgm [[program]] (inception '69 then 1st 24 flt) overview of shuttle components (SRS ET ORB) overview of typical flt (launch re-entry) EVENTS leading up to accident crew assignment, TNG PL shuffling (one issue was schedule pressure on decisions/TNG... flying ~ 1 per month ⇒ system retry stressed) ∙FRR (no mention of SRB U[[?]]NB) ∙Delays, scrubs, Ice team, holds mission (73 sec; PT = no indications to anyone nothing could have been done accident not survivable (Al[[?]]l prelude)