Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Fuel Leaks - Historical Perspective
Message-ID: <1990Sep19.164057.618@zoo.toronto.edu>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <VAG%#G%@ads.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 90 16:40:57 GMT

In article <VAG%#G%@ads.com> mbullock@ADS.COM (Michael E. Bullock) writes:
>I don't recall NASA having these problems earlier in the shuttle
>program (i.e., STS 1 - 25). Is this all a recent phenomena, or
>did they have leaks before, but the mission scrub threshold was
>higher so they flew anyways?...

I think it's mostly a new problem.  They have gotten more thorough about
testing and less inclined to disregard small anomalies, but I've never
heard of things being this bad before.
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