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Article #5824Re: Shuttle Status for 05/01/89 (Forwarded)
From: Tom Neff
Date: Tue, 02 May 1989 06:01
Date: Tue, 02 May 1989 06:01
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In article <24772@ames.arc.nasa.gov> Peter E. Yee passes along:
> KSC SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT - Monday, May 1, 1989
>
> STS-30 - ATLANTIS (OV 104) - PAD 39-B
>[...]
> Metal particles found inside the old pump could have been the
> cause for the short. The pump circulates liquid hydrogen to the
> main engine number one and conditions it prior to start.
OK, here's the $64k question (god how cheap that sounds compared to
what one of these episodes REALLY costs): how do you get a recirculation
pump full of metal particles into a shuttle orbiter ready to launch on
the pad? Why does no one find out about it until the bird refuses to fly?
--
Tom Neff UUCP: ...!uunet!bfmny0!tneff
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!lll-winken!uunet!bfmny0!tneff From: tneff@bfmny0.UUCP (Tom Neff) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Shuttle Status for 05/01/89 (Forwarded) Message-ID: <14299@bfmny0.UUCP> Date: 2 May 89 06:01:43 GMT References: <24772@ames.arc.nasa.gov> Reply-To: tneff@bfmny0.UUCP (Tom Neff) Organization: ^ Lines: 16