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John Young once said a Return to Launch Site abort would require a string of miracles interspersed by acts of God. What if, on STS-51L the crew of the Challenger some how realized there was a problem with the SRB, separated from the stack and attempted to either ditch or return to the launch site. Would the shuttle program survive with such a dramatic scene? what would the effects on NASA be?
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