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September 9th 05, 01:44 AM
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CJ wrote:
"Concers about hot gas penetration of the STS 78 SRB's caused the vehicle (STS 79) to be rolled-back to the VAB...Technicians disassembling the booster from STS 78 discovered that hot gases had seeped through the field joints between segments. snip That is correct. A new adhesive and the affects of the high humidity at KSC. The problem was not manifested during testing in dry Utah. The change was to a more enviro friendly adhesive. Thiokol now makes the old adhesive in-house. As you must know, I showed that this quote was in error. Hot gases could not possibly have "seeped through the field joints between segments" simply because of bad adhesive. I hope this helps. Your earlier post was helpful, but this one was not. Rather, it served to belatedly reintroduce the confusion which had been eliminated through discussion. Challenger's Ghost 
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