PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON THE SPACE SHUTTLE HEARING #3, (ABBEY, YOUNG, WEITZ, CRIPPEN, HARTSFIELD), 4/3/86: SPACE SHUTTLE ACCIDENT. Part 3

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PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON THE SPACE SHUTTLE HEARING #3, (ABBEY, YOUNG, WEITZ, CRIPPEN, HARTSFIELD), 4/3/86: SPACE SHUTTLE ACCIDENT. Part 3

1986

UNEDITED VIDEO REPORT: Particpating Commission members Vice-Chairman Neil A. Armstrong, Chairman Wiliam P. Rogers, Robert B. Hotz,Richard P.Feynman, Robert W. Rummel; Albert D. Wheelon, and Maj. Gen.Donald J.Kutyna. Testimonies of George W.S. Abbey, Director of Flight Crew Operations, Johnson Space Center (JSC); USN Capt. John W. Young,Chief,Astronaut Office, JSC; USN Capt. Paul J. Weitz, Deputy Chief,Astronuat Office, JSC; USN Commander Robert L. Crippen, Deputy Director,Flight Crew Operations Directorate, JSC; and USAF Lt. Col. Henry (Hank) W.Hartsfield,Astronaut Office, JSC. Discussion concerning safety of landing on earth's surface rather than in the ocean; adequacy of traning for such landings with regard to training time and the number of training planes;whether Kennedy Space Center or Edwards Air Force Base, California, is a better landing site based on weather conditions at each site; use of training simulators;whether pilots are allotted enough time to review flight software before launch; decision making process; whether the concerns of the Astronaut Office are properly considered; correcting flaws and accepting risk;technology, human factors, disadvantages, and advantages of automatic landing; and reservations about transatlantic abort landing (TAL)at Dakar,and night landings.

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