Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:57:14 -0500
From: "Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Apollo 1, sad anniversary
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Keith F. Lynch wrote:
> It is curious that America's three manned space disasters were all
> at about the same time of year:
>
> * Apollo 1, January 27, 1967
> * Challenger, January 28, 1986
> * Columbia, February 1, 2003

Not so strange when you consider that two of the three were caused by
cold temperatures (frozen O-rings on the SRBs for Challenger and ice
falling from the ET on launch for Columbia).  That sort of thing doesn't
happen through most of the year in Florida.

-- Mike B.