Report of the PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident

Volume 3: Appendix O - NASA Search, Recovery and Reconstruction Task Force Team Report

Volume 2: Enclosure 9: CONTACT #131 AND #712 RECOVERED RH SRB AFT FIELD JOINT EVALUATION.

 

Photograph 7. Interior View of Burned Edge of SSC No. 712. Note Taper of Edge Indicating Burn Through from the Inside to the Outside.
Photograph 7. Interior View of Burned Edge of SSC No. 712. Note Taper of Edge Indicating Burn Through from the Inside to the Outside.
 

Photograph 8. Exterior View of Small Hole in Inverted SSC No. 712. Note Inward Taper Indicating Burn Through from the Outside to the Inside.

Photograph 8. Exterior View of Small Hole in Inverted SSC No. 712. Note Inward Taper Indicating Burn Through from the Outside to the Inside.

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