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lovingboth) wrote2003-02-01 07:45 pm
lovingboth) wrote2003-02-01 07:45 pm
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It was 2:45 pm in the UK when there was a news flash on the radio to say that NASA had lost contact with the shuttle. When they said at what point in the mission it was, I immediately thought 'heat shield failure'.
I was slightly surprised it wasn't bigger news on the regular programmes, but I suppose there aren't any pictures like those of the Challenger disaster.
I am trying to remember where I read that the probability of a catastrophic failure in a shuttle mission is around 1%.
I was slightly surprised it wasn't bigger news on the regular programmes, but I suppose there aren't any pictures like those of the Challenger disaster.
I am trying to remember where I read that the probability of a catastrophic failure in a shuttle mission is around 1%.