To: MahatmaGandu
“And let’s not forget that both accidents were also caused by NASA’s insistence on going with the cheapest possible design for a shuttle.”
And here I thought it was faulty O rings on an otherwise over priced, oever engineered craft.
To: Pessimist
And here I thought it was faulty O rings on an otherwise over priced, oever engineered craft. The rubber O rings were a cost cutting measure. The Russians use expensive titanium fittings for the same application because they knew synthetic rubber was useless at low temps way back in the 1960's.
36 posted on
12/31/2008 2:09:12 PM PST by
MahatmaGandu
(Remember, remember, the twenty-sixth of November.)
To: Pessimist
“And let’s not forget that both accidents were also caused by NASA’s insistence on going with the cheapest possible design for a shuttle.” And here I thought it was faulty O rings on an otherwise over priced, oever engineered craft.You're both right.
Seriously.
38 posted on
12/31/2008 2:10:38 PM PST by
Jim Noble
(Long May Our Land Be Bright With Freedom's Holy Light)
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