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Riding RocketsJudy crawled to the side hatch window and reported the access arm had been swung back into place and the fire suppression system was spraying water over it. She didnБЂ™t see any fire. БЂњHenry, do you want me to open the hatch?БЂ«JudyБЂ™s question elicited several exchanges of do we or donБЂ™t we make a run for it. How bad was the fire? LCCБЂ™s conversations seemed unpanicked and that gave us some reassurance that everything was under control. But LCC and MCC always seemed in control. That was their job, to calmly look at their computer screens of data and make robotic, emotionless decisions. Could they remain calm even as their creation was de-creating? I had no doubt. БЂњWeБЂ™ve had an RSLS abortБЂ«could well be engineer-speak for БЂњHoly shit! Run for your lives! SheБЂ™s gonna blow!БЂ«No, I was not comforted by the calm of the LCC. БЂњNegative on opening the hatch, Judy.БЂ«Hank decided weБЂ™d sit tight. It was a decision that might have saved our lives. The post-abort analysis determined the fire had been caused by some residual hydrogen escaping from the engines and igniting combustible material on the MLP ...» | Код для вставки книги в блог HTML
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