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③ BUT ... NASA WAS ACTING AS IF IT WERE ROUTINE, FLYING "PASSENGERS" INCL CONG., SEN., SAUDI PRINCE, &, FINALLY, A TEACHER [[BOXed]] SIL [[/BOXed]] JAN '86, 25TH SHUTTLE FLIGHT, CHALLENGER EXPLODED 73 SEC > L/O (AT THAT TIME I WAS IN TRAINING FOR 3RD FLT) → STOPPED TO JOIN PRESIDENTIAL [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] [[BOXed]] ROGERS [[/BOXed]] INVESTIGATE: DETERMINE CAUSE OR CAUSES OF ACCIDENT EARLY: SRB… DIDN'T KNOW DETAILS [[BOXed]] PUFF [[/BOXed]] 1ST EVIDENCE .... PROBLEM EXISTED FROM L/O NO INDICATIONS (CREW OR MCC) JUST AS WELL... NOTHING EITHER CREW OR MCR COULD HAVE DONE (NO WAY TO TURN OFF SRB) COMMISSION MADE MANY RECOMMENDATIONS: SOME TECHNICAL, SOME ORGANIZATIONAL, SOME PHILOSOPHICAL [[BOXed]] DECISION [[/BOXed]] [[BOXed]] SAFETY [[/BOXed]] [[BOXed]] PRESSURE [[/BOXed]] [[BOXed]] STS-26 [[/BOXed]] COMING INTO FLIGHT LAST WK, SHUTTLE DISCOVERY HAD: BRAKES ESCAPE SYSTEM SRB'S CREW [[BOXed]] TDRSS [[/BOXed]] [[underline]] WAS [[/underline]] AS SUCCESSFUL AS REPORTED TDRSS IS WORKING; [[strikethrough]] SRB's [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] NO PROBLEMS IN FLIGHT "SPACEFLIGHT IS NEVER BORING - BUT THIS IS ABOUT AS CLOSE AS IT GETS" [[BOXed]] LDG [[/BOXed]] LANDED LAKEBED IN CALIFORNIA (ANOTHER REC.) MORE FORGIVING, WX IS MORE STABLE & PREDICTABLE PRELIM: BRAKES GOOD DIDN'T HAVE TO USE ESCAPE SYS SRB'S YET TO BE CHECKED - "GREAT END TO A NEW BEGINNING" [[BOXed]]SPAS [[/BOXed]] - ONE FLT DOES NOT A SPACE PGM MAKE - TEST: CAN NASA MAINTAIN REVISED SCHEDULE & LEVEL OF SAFETY