Report of the PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION
on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident
Volume 4 Index
Hearings of the Presidential
Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident: February 6, 1986
to February 25, 1986
FEBRUARY 10, 1986 SESSION
[283] [Ref. 2/10-10]
SOLID ROCKET MOTOR
MAJOR TITAN III EXPERIENCE
- JOINT DESIGN SIMILAR TO SHUTTLE ROCKET
MOTOR
- MULTIPLE JOINTS PER MOTOR
- NO HISTORY OF JOINT PROBLEMS
- 26 GROUND TESTS
- TWENTY 5 SEGMENT
- FOUR 7 SEGMENT
- TWO 5 1/2 SEGMENT
- NO EVIDENCE OF ANY LEAKAGE
- 77 FLIGHT TESTS
- OVER 800 JOINT EXPERIENCES
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