The Nation - News from July 21, 1985
A key experiment computer aboard the shuttle Challenger has broken down, but Jesse Moore, NASA’s associate administrator for space flight, said it looks as if the next launch will go ahead on its target date of July 29. Challenger’s initial launch attempt July 12 ended seconds before blastoff with an abort caused by engine trouble. The pressurized housing for the three computers that control the experiments cannot be opened at the launch pad, leaving NASA managers with a choice of launching Challenger without a backup experiment computer or delaying the mission for the near future.
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