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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