James Bowery <jabow...@gmail.com> wrote: Puts the shuttle disasters in perspective... ie: They weren't "disasters" > -- they were more like "wrecks". >
They were flight tests. Those were prototypes. It turned out that was not a good design. See: "Beam Me Out Of This Death Trap, Scotty" http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2001/8004.easterbrook-fulltext.html - Jed