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Old August 15th 03, 02:50 AM
Jon Berndt
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Default Oberg Seeks Technical Explanation

"James Oberg" wrote in message

So it's not just a question of dispute over whether jets WERE fired --

it's
about whether during these flight phases the DAP could even fire jets if

it
wanted to (or if the crew even commanded them with the THC, say). Since
flight software was constructed in this way, according to all

documentation
(such as the FSSR), I remain baffled by your insistence that there was

some
'secret way' unbeknownst to the software developers, the flight

controllers,
and even the crew, to turn on any of the RCS thrusters during ascent,


This is exactly what I have been telling them for weeks. Not only is there
no evidence they *could* fire if they wanted to, all those knowledgeable
about such things here have relayed explicitly and categorically that they
*cannot* fire during a nominal first stage. Additionally, the purported
visual evidence when viewed from different cameras shows that the "RCS
firing" is an artifact and not an RCS firing at all. As we have seen, no
telemetry has been shown to support any kind of RCS firing, nor did the crew
radio back anything suggesting they had indications of an unscheduled RCS
firing. There is no indication that an RCS jet had failed ON, and I can find
no history of an RCS jet ever failing ON - though I seem to recall that some
have failed OFF.

The "leaps of faith" that one has to accept to believe in this house of
cards built by John Maxson has not a single strong leg that I have seen in
the past two years.

Still waiting ...

Jon