PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON THE SPACE SHUTTLE HEARING #1B, 2/27/86

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PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON THE SPACE SHUTTLE HEARING #1B, 2/27/86

1986

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UNEDITED VIDEO REPORT: Participation of Commission members William P.Rogers, Sally K. Ride, USAF Maj. Gen. Donald J. Kutyna,Vice-Chairman Neil A.. Armstrong, Robert B. Hotz, and Arthur B.C. Walker, Jr. R.1:Testimonies of Rocco Petrone, President, Space Transportation Systems (STS)Division,North American Space Operations, Rockwell International (RI);Robert M.Glaysher, Vice-President and Program Manager, Orbiter Operations Support,STS Division, RI; Martin Cioffoletti, Vice-President, STS and Cargo Integration, RI; and Al Martin, Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Site Director,Launch Support Operation, RI. Education, training, and employment Launch Support Operation, RI. Education, training, and employment launch activities on January 28, 1986, with respect to identifying RI participants and concerns about weather related ice and debris causing RI to advise the National Aeronautics and Space Administration that conditions were unsafe for launch. Testimony of Arnold D. Aldrich,Manager, National STS Program Office, John Space Center (JSC) on launch safety. Discussion of Mission Management Team (MMT) meeting on January 27, 1986,regarding weather, temperature, and ice; of conditions and activities on January 28,1986, prior to launch; and of how MMT interperted concerns expressed by RI.R.2: continues discussion of how MMT interperted the concerns expressed by RI.

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