Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site alice.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!alice!alb From: alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum) Newsgroups: net.columbia Subject: VAFB Launch Site Termed Defective Message-ID: <2961@alice.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Aug-84 08:08:57 EDT Article-I.D.: alice.2961 Posted: Tue Aug 21 08:08:57 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Aug-84 01:28:49 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 8 An Air Force investigation has reported that sever defects at the VAFB launch site for the space shuttle will create a ''one-in-five'' chance of the shuttle blowing up upon liftoff. Included in the report are citings of water in cables, bad welding, and sand and other contaminants in oxygen storage areas. The report accused the Air Force and Martin Marietta Corporation, the prime contracter for the site, of providing no quality control.