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Topic: Need STS-51B SRB Towing Image
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Sy Liebergot
Member Posts: 501
From: Pearland, Texas USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 08-04-2006 01:10 PM
   
Hope someone can help me. I'm developing a lecture concerning Ethics In Engineering, specifically dealing with NASA's Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia failures to present at the U of Alaska-Anchorage, next month.
Re Columbia: After the Challenger disaster, I recall Don Lind showing me a photo of one of the SRBs from his STS-51B mission being towed into port showing a large black soot streak from a field joint. His comment was, "The sons-of-bitches almost killed me!" Anyone know where I may find this image? KSC archives?
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29 April 1985 16:04 GMT. Landing Date: 1985-05-06 16:13:38. Flight Time: 7.01 days. Flight Up: STS-51-B. Flight Back: STS-51-B. Call Sign: Challenger. Crew: Gregory, Lind, Overmyer, Thagard, Thornton Bill, van den Berg, Wang. Program: Spacelab. What went wrong: Suffered the worst O-ring erosion experienced prior to the loss of Challenger on STS-51-L. The left-hand nozzle primary O-ring eroded to a depth of 4 mm inches over a 4 cm span with considerable blow-by. The secondary O-ring was eroded to a depth of 8 mm inches over an 8 cm span. The right-hand nozzle O-ring eroded as well but there was no blow-by associated with this erosion. Thanks,
Sy Liebergot
"Apollo EECOM: Journey Of A Lifetime" www.apolloeecom.com |
Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 08-05-2006 12:13 PM
Sy:
Any chance the photo you're referring to is in this link.[This message has been edited by collectSPACE Admin (edited August 05, 2006).] |
Sy Liebergot
Member Posts: 501
From: Pearland, Texas USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 08-05-2006 02:02 PM
No Tom, but thanks. Need the pic from 51B
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