PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ACCIDENT ANALYSIS PANEL, 4/16/86

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PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ACCIDENT ANALYSIS PANEL, 4/16/86

1986

UNEDITED VIDEO REPORT: Press briefing by accident analysis panel members, Neil A. Armstrong, Maj. Gen. Donald J. Kutyna, Richard P. Feynman,and Eugene E. Covert of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, at Marshall Space Flight Center. They make statement and answer questions on recovery progess of right solid rocket booster(RSRB). Panel shows pictures of burn hole in RSRB and other problems.(RSRB). Panel shows pictures of burn hole in RSRB and other problems, have contributed to accident, relation of O-rings to burn hole,whether tang and clevis broke away from booster, how Commission plans to proceed.

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