[FPSPACE] RE: Shuttle flight delayed?!

[Edberg, Don]

According to an associate of mine that sits in on the review meetings:

"The flight safety review for this flight here at HB [Boeing facility in
Huntington Beach, California]  was held prior to this flight and prior to
the previous flight.  So lessons learned on the previous flight were not
part of the last review for this flight.  As they schedule launches closer
together we may see more of this.  During the next review I'll make a
comment about that."

thought you'd all be interested in this.

Don e.
Donald L Edberg, Ph.D.
Boeing Technical Fellow
Engineering & Technology, Define


> -----Original Message-----
	From: Dwayne Allen Day <wayneday@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu>
	Subject: [FPSPACE] Shuttle flight delayed?!

	The shuttle launch is on hold as engineers examine a bolt connecting
the
	shuttle to the external tank.  Apparently they are concerned because
a
	similar bolt did not fully retract on the last mission.

	Now isn't this awfully odd?  Isn't this EXACTLY the type of thing
that
	they are supposed to address during a Flight Readiness Briefing?  In
fact,
	during several of the past launches there have been last minute
re-checks
	of documentation and stuff like that.  Is anybody keeping track of
this
	stuff?  It seems awfully darned worrisome that these kinds of things
are
	getting through the readiness briefings and are coming up during
flight
	day.

	DDAY