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Cause of Challenger Space Shuttle Crash

What were the properties of zinc chromate that caused the Challenger 2 spacecraft to crash.

Thomas Stephens
- Cheltenham, Gloucs, England

Hi, Thomas. As I understand it, the Challenger crashed due to inadequate o-ring design and the weather being too cold for a safe launch of a vehicle of this design. Where did you hear otherwise? Please give us a link.

If you wish to read further, I found ~~www.space-shuttle.com/challenger2.htm~~^^{(ed. note 10/6/2017: this site is now offline)}, "Challenger's Final Voyage", absorbing. I don't think the spacecraft was ever called the Challenger 2, simply the Challenger.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
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finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
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