Official Held to Question New Rocket for Shuttle
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WASHINGTON — John Young, head of the astronaut office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, has questioned the redesign of the solid rocket booster that caused the Challenger accident in light of new information on wind turbulence, a newspaper reported.
In a memo, Young voiced concern about the shuttle’s ability to withstand dynamic forces it encounters at launching, the Washington Post said in today’s editions, quoting unidentified sources. The memo reportedly refers to unprecedented wind shear that buffeted the shuttle before it exploded.
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