Jun 3 1986
From The Space Library
NASA announced the seven winners of the sixth annual Space Science Student Involvement Program (SSIP) and the winner of the SSIP Student Newspaper Competition. SSIP, a joint venture of NASA and the National Science Teachers Association, and the corresponding newspaper competition were both aimed at the secondary school level. (NASA Release 86-71)
Preliminary investigation into the Titan rocket lost on April 18 found that the insulation between its solid-fuel and the outer casing of the Solid Rocket Booster might have peeled, allowing flames to bum through its casing. Although made by United Technologies, the design was identical to that used in the boosters made by Morton Thiokol for the Space Shuttles and raised the question as to whether solid-fuel booster rockets-in lieu of liquid-propellant rockets were suitable for human space flight. (NY Times, June 4/86)
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