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- From: mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (John P. Mechalas)
- Subject: Re: Lunar "colony" reality check and Apollo fire
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.225129.28676@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
- References: <11NOV199208300719@vx.cis.umn.edu> <1992Nov11.163643.20662@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> <11NOV199215071378@vx.cis.umn.edu>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 22:51:29 GMT
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- In article <11NOV199215071378@vx.cis.umn.edu> soc1070 writes:
- >
- >I'll concede this one. Re-reading the section of _Carrying The Fire_,
- >the actual cause of death is not explectly stated. However, death by
- >burns is implied. The text makes it sound as though the entire inside
- >of the capsule was consumed by fire. Probably sells more books that way.
-
- I have not heard of that book. Who was the author? If you are interested,
- check out Mike Gray's _Angle of Attack_. It's a history of the Apollo
- program, centering on the engineering aspects of the missions. Fascinating
- stuff.
-
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