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To: the long march
I seem to remember that the culprit was determined to be a wire bundle on the floor of the module that had been damaged and shorted to the metal floor. Unfortunately the test also required a 100% oxygen environment inside. The escape hatch was secured by a threaded device that took way to long to open.
10 posted on 01/27/2009 9:35:34 AM PST by ANGGAPO (Leyte Gulf Beach Club)
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To: ANGGAPO

And we learned the risks of having lots of “fun, innocent” velcro in a 100% oxygen environment - it’s incredibly flammable.


11 posted on 01/27/2009 9:42:13 AM PST by Yossarian (Everyday, somewhere on the globe, somebody is pushing the frontier of stupidity...)
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A relative of mine was part of the investigation team. I saw the 8x10 glossy B&W pics from inside.

A wrench,left behind by a tec got across the battery terminals under the floor plates. Most internal safety shielding had been stripped because they were trying to get more “science” per launch via congressional mandated cost cuts.

Also,contrary to claims, the fire was NOT over in an instant. They had gotten out of their seat and were fighting with that inane door bolt system trying to get out.

Another example of pin head bureaucrat trying to “manage” something they know nothing about.


16 posted on 01/27/2009 10:32:00 AM PST by InkYouBuss_007 (This one is escaping the Cuckoo's nest)
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