Echoes of ’86 as NASA studies shuttle’s O-rings
In an eerie reminder of the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster, NASA is re-examining for possible flaws in a recent batch of circular rubber seals used on shuttle solid rocket boosters as the space agency prepares to launch a crew that includes a former schoolteacher.
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