Aalice.506 net.columbia utzoo!decvax!harpo!npois!alice!sjb Sat Apr 10 10:10:56 1982 Shuttle Test Engine Fails An experimental space shuttle engine was damaged at its research lab this week after going through 392 seconds at 109 percent thrust. However, it will have no bearing on the Columbia's engine, which were fully tested out before their installation, nor on Challenger's engines, which have arrived but have yet to be tested. Investigators will try to determine the cause of the failure. --------------- Don't worry if you don't see any news in net.columbia from here next week -- I will be away. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.