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There was yet another roadblock to action: despite the documents, top flight officials at Marshall, including Mulloy, believed that the seal had redundancy in the critical early stages of ignition. Dutifully, however, Mulloy slapped a formal launch constraint on the joint problem. That meant that there could be no shuttle flight until the seal was fixed. But few above Mulloy even knew the constraint existed; worse yet, having imposed the restraint, Mulloy routinely waived it before each launch. So the shuttles flew, its astronauts innocently unaware of the lingering joint danger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Fixing Nasa | 6/9/1986 | See Source »

...Like roadblock number two--Luciano Borsato...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Icemen Gear Up For Clarkson | 3/14/1986 | See Source »

...Roadblock number three needs no introduction...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Icemen Gear Up For Clarkson | 3/14/1986 | See Source »

...then there's roadblock number four--Andy Otto...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Icemen Gear Up For Clarkson | 3/14/1986 | See Source »

...Roadblock number five isn't a player. It's Boston Garden, where the Cantabs are 1-1 this year...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Icemen Gear Up For Clarkson | 3/14/1986 | See Source »

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