OT: Space screwups Re: Magnetic Memory making a comeback?

From: Patrick Finnegan <pat_at_purdueriots.com>
Date: Wed Jun 11 17:36:14 2003

On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, TeoZ wrote:

> Well I would be more worried about the guy with the methane farts next to me
> then the stray pencil lead dust.
> That or if the heat tiles on the shuttle are still there on the way back
> home.
>
> Some of the things the russians did were low tech but usefull. Whose smart
> idea was it to fill a capsule full of electical boxes with 100% oxygen
> environment for no particular reason?

Actually, both us and the Russians did that; they even did it first. Of
course, it happened to them 'behind closed doors' so we didn't get a
chance to learn from their mistake.

Pat
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