Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihldt.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!ihnp4!ihldt!jhh From: jhh@ihldt.UUCP (John Haller) Newsgroups: net.space,net.columbia Subject: Re: SHUTTLE SNAFU Message-ID: <2242@ihldt.UUCP> Date: Fri, 10-Feb-84 10:21:49 EST Article-I.D.: ihldt.2242 Posted: Fri Feb 10 10:21:49 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Feb-84 07:58:13 EST References: <387@rayssd.UUCP> <2273@allegra.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 16 In an article in this morning's (2/10) Chicago Tribune, Chicago based Morton Thiokol said that Lloyd's of London said that there would probably not be any liability for Morton Thiokol. Morton Thiokol manufactures both the booster nozzles that almost burned through on the last shuttle mission. They suspect a problem with the raw materials used in making the nozzle. Morton Thiokol is the sole source for both the shuttle booster rocket nozzle, and the nozzle on the rocket used for sending satellites from the shuttle into orbit. NASA financed the factory, and it would take 5 to 7 years to build another one. Coincidentally, this has been one of Morton Thiokol's best years financially. Revenues from the space program have provided a large part of their profit. John Haller