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To: greg s who wrote (358)	2/5/2003 2:54:51 PM
From: Bill Jackson	of 627

greg, There was a large fiber glassed sphere in the debris photos, looked to be 5 feet or more in diameter. I suspect this would be the oxygen tank. Multi layered fiberglass, it is just the type of self protecting construction that would be expected to survive re-entry. With the oxygen vented it would be light enough for drag to drop it below the plasma generation speed. Bill

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