Re: [MER] wham, splat, ouch.

From: Michael Smith (smithm_at_SPAMBLOCKnetapps.com.au)
Date: 01/05/05 

Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:49:23 +0000

On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 09:26:04 -0500
7lv43nn0c5@stinkers.org (Mike Flugennock) wrote:

> At last, I knew some engineers out there would call for a heat shield
> visit; it _was_ just over the edge from where they were working all
> that time, iirc.

It looks like a perfect design. The heat shield fell totally to bits right after doing the job it was designed for. If it had been sitting there intact one could have accused its designers of overengineering. 

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