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Thu Apr 22 09:00:17 1982
Columbia's radio problems
From: David.Smith at CMU-10A (C410DS30)
>From Flight International, issue of 10 April 82:

Shortly after landing it was discovered that there was nothing wrong
with Columbia's radios, which had caused communications difficulties
during the mission.  The problem was traced to an open circuit breaker
and out-of-position switch, which could easily have been put right by
the crew.  Nasa apparently failed to sort the problem out because of
flight controller conservatism -- it was decided to leave things as
they were rather than risk a complete loss of communication.


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