SPILL CAUSED BY PUMP PROBLEM

USAF Col. John Insprucker, Titan Rocket Program Manager (Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.) October 06, 2003
The Titan IVB launch team is proud of our technicians and wants to clarify that the nitrogen tetroxide spill mentioned in the news article on the Sept. 9 launch (AW&ST Sept. 15, p. 21) was a result of a malfunction with the propellant pump and not caused by anything done or not done by the Lockheed...

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