To: protest1
Yes, but it wasn't the O-ring composition but rather the putty used to seal them that had "big bad asbestos" removed from its formulation. Another post among the dozens about the foam composition brought up the fact that once asbestos was removed from the putty, it was way less heat resistant. It is believed to be the factor behind a few rocket failures and not just the Challenger. Search on "asbestos" and "putty" and you will probably find it.
46 posted on
07/28/2005 9:26:42 AM PDT by
NonValueAdded
("Iraq is the bug light for terrorists" (Mike McConnell 7/2/05))
To: NonValueAdded
With Challenger a number of issues snowballed to make that o-ring fail. The real mistake was in NASA's inability to see those factors were snowballing. The data was there.
66 posted on
07/28/2005 9:44:26 AM PDT by
TalonDJ
To: NonValueAdded; protest1
See
this WND link for more on the putty.
83 posted on
07/28/2005 10:15:13 AM PDT by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: NonValueAdded
Thanks for the information.
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