17 Feb
1999
17 Feb
'99
4:53 a.m.
On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Richard Erlacher wrote:
It's somewhat divergent from the current topic,
but it might interest some
to know that the Honeywell '516 is the engine control computer which was
still in use on the space shuttle at the time of the Challenger accident.
There were two, one redundant, for each engine, of which I believe there
were three.
Do I sense a potential rescue mission somewhere off the coast of Florida?
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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