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 11, 1986 SESSION
[338] [Ref. 2/11-4] STS
51-L TASK FORCE.
STATUS OF INVESTIGATION (CONT'D.)
- SEVERAL FAILURE SCENARIOS REASONABLY CONSISTENT WITH MISSION
EVENTS TIMELINE AND OTHER DATA HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED
- COMPARING EACH SCENARIO AGAINST THE FACTS
- DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN CAUSE AND EFFECT
- SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER IS OBVIOUSLY INVOLVED IN ONE OR MORE
SCENARIOS
- EXTERNAL TANK IS INVOLVED IN ONE OR MORE SCENARIOS
- ORBITER, SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINES, AND OTHER ELEMENTS ARE BEING
ANALYZED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION
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