Rocket manufacturer works for free
NZPA-Reuter Chicago
Morton Thiokol, manufacturer of the rocket blamed in the Challenger space shuttle disaster, said yesterday it would not charge the Government for redesigning the rocket, an estimated SUS4O9 million ($757 million) worth of work. The company said that as part of its agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (N.A.S.A.) it would redesign the faulty
joint in the shuttle’s seg-
mented booster rocket, rework the existing rockets it has In inventory and replace the reusable hardware lost in the Challenger explosion, which killed seven astronauts. A company spokesman, Thomas Russell, said that under the preliminary agreement with the space agency, Morton Thiokol did not admit responsibility or liability for the disaster, which severely crippled America’s manned space-flight programme.
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