Re: STS51L Accident Questions

From: Dave Michelson (davem_at_ece.ubc.ca)
Date: 03/10/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 23:35:31 GMT

Pat Flannery wrote:
>
> If the thing did stay in place, I assume you shut down the SSMEs and
> wait till the SRBs finish their burn, then you evacuate the crew
> from the urine-filled cabin....

Of course! That has something to do with acoustic load dampening, I
guess. Damn clever. I would never have thought of that. 

-- 
Dave Michelson
davem@ece.ubc.ca

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