(Derek Lyons) wrote:

:"Jim Oberg" wrote:
:
:"Derek Lyons" wrote in message
...
: "Jim Oberg" wrote:
:There's no indication that the SM engines are NOT available
:for reboost.
:
: Oh, right. A failed test is *no* indication that the system has
: failed.
:
:It's how it failed.
:
:Jim - the engine failed to fire for a test, how it failed doesn't
:matter a whit. Everywhere I've ever been or seen, the working
:assumption is that if it can't pass testing, it can't be treated as
perational.

I'm with Derek on this one. The lead for the project needs to be
taken aside and told in no uncertain terms, "Root cause analysis - get
some! Then come back to me and describe EXACTLY what happened and
why."

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