"Jan Panteltje" wrote in message
news:1121330253.cbbadad49191c0a4ea4827b0c838c237@t eranews...
From NY times today:

quote
Workers also replaced the suspect part of the chain of electronics
between
controllers and the sensor, known as the point sensor box. The component,
like many parts of the shuttle, is based on 1980's technology and still
uses components like transistors soldered onto circuit boards. (Today,
semiconductor technology places millions of transistors within a single
chip.)

Some of the transistors, which are made by Fairchild Semiconductor, came
from a lot that was suspected of having manufacturing problems, said Steve
Poulos, the manager of NASA's vehicle engineering office.
/quote

Really, man with a budget like that you'd expect them to have somebody
redesign those units.
That would only cost a couple of thousand, and less then the travel
expenses
of all the people involved discussing it.

I am not sure I take NASA seriously anymore.
You must be REALLY of your rocker to use 'reject' parts after all that
happened
and with that much money available.
Where did the money REALLY go!

THIS requires an investigation!



"A couple of thousand......." Um, yeah. Like you have a clue about it.

Ken