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Old July 8th, 2003, 11:06 AM   #1
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Shuttle's smoking gun found...


http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/0...ion/index.html

I love this part, which we all have known for awhile, but it still bothers me:

"NASA's shuttle team knew about the foam strike shortly after launch, but presumed the light material could not pierce the tough carbon panels that protect the wings. "

Man, we do space walks without any effort these days, and NO ONE at NASA suggested anyone go take a look at the place the foam hit?

Just baffles me...

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Old July 8th, 2003, 11:13 AM   #2
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Re: Shuttle's smoking gun found...


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Originally posted by Chandler Mike
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/0...ion/index.html

I love this part, which we all have known for awhile, but it still bothers me:

"NASA's shuttle team knew about the foam strike shortly after launch, but presumed the light material could not pierce the tough carbon panels that protect the wings. "

Man, we do space walks without any effort these days, and NO ONE at NASA suggested anyone go take a look at the place the foam hit?

Just baffles me...

Mike
There was a guy I used to work with that used to work at NASA. After the Shuttle explosion, he brought in a piece of the heat shield that he took when he left NASA.

I was shocked that the heat shield tiles are only about half of an inch thick! He said that if the under-belly of the Shuttle were missing a piece the size that he had (about one square inch) it would cause the same kind of tragedy.
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Old July 8th, 2003, 01:11 PM   #3
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On the news last night was a guy from NASA that wanted to ask another agency to take a look with telescopes or satellites while the shuttle was in orbit. The guy's name was Roca I think. NASA decided there was no danger.

Sounds to me like there wasn't much they could do and had a little wishful thinking.

I didn't get the whole story. It was only a teaser for the hour long program on either NBC or ABC.
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