PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON THE SPACE SHUTTLE HEARING #5E, 3/7/86

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PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON THE SPACE SHUTTLE HEARING #5E, 3/7/86

1986

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UNEDITED VIDEO REPORT: Participating committee member Richard P.Feynman, Eugene E. Covert, Chairman William P. Rogers,Vice-Chairman Neil A.Armstrong, Joseph F. Sutter, Executive Director Alton G. Keel,Jr., Maj.Gen. Donald J. Kutyna. Testimonies of Jerrol Wayne Littles,Associate Director for Engineering, Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC);Gary Coultas,Assistant Manager, Orbiter Projects, Johnson Space Center (JSC);and George Hopson, Director, System Analysis Laboratory, (MSFC); Jack T.Lee, Deputy Director, MSFC. Discussion concerning whether putty was resilient enough to withstand ignition thrust pressure; explanation of puff of smoke at point five (0.5) seconds and the "plume" and leak at fifty-nine (59) seconds; propriety of using simulations to determine cause of accident conducted by propriety of using simulations to determine cause of accident conducted by shuttle main engines, and inertial upper stage.

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