NASA to continue studying o-ring field repair techniques

NASA and Thiokol engineers will continue to studying how best to check Space Shuttle solid rocket booster field joints for voids that have let hot gases reach primary o-rings on the past two Shuttle missions, leaving the upcoming launch schedule still in doubt. Bryan D. O'Connor, deputy associate...

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