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Discovery Astronauts Checking for Damage
Topic started on 24-10-2007 @ 01:12 PM by anhinga


Discovery Astronauts Checking for Damage


www.nytimes.com

After a lengthy discussion last week, top mission managers deemed Discovery safe for launch even though NASA's own safety group wanted to delay the liftoff to conduct further testing and possibly replace the panels. It's unknown whether cracks could worsen and cause the coating to chip off and make the area more vulnerable to the 3,000-degree heat of re-entry.
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[edit on 24-10-2007 by anhinga]

[edit on 24-10-2007 by UM_Gazz]



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reply posted on 24-10-2007 @ 01:12 PM by anhinga


Seriously, when there's doubt, why send the thing up there? And please, tell me, all you space cadets -- when is the latest fleet of whatever the update is available for takeoff? These shuttles are done, sick of hearing about FOAM (?!!) panels.

www.nytimes.com
(visit the link for the full news article)



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reply posted on 24-10-2007 @ 01:20 PM by johnlear


Originally posted by anhinga




Seriously, when there's doubt, why send the thing up there? These shuttles are done, sick of hearing about FOAM (?!!) panels.



It certainly makes you wonder, doesn't it?



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reply posted on 24-10-2007 @ 01:47 PM by anhinga


(Apologies about the "deathtrip" line in the subject UM_Gazz)

Does it? Not really, the agency seems so corrupt from what I've been reading about their involvement w/ CIA that nothing surprises me, I think they took the last one down via HAARP to be honest w/ you. It re-enters Earth over Indian Ocean and is flying normal, then BAM! It blows. Wouldn't it not of made re-entry at all should there not of been funny biz? Then, the endless press conf (2003) about the "foam" w/ the shuttle model/toy -- it seemed really far-fetched.



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reply posted on 24-10-2007 @ 01:57 PM by anxietydisorder


Full STS-120 thread running here:

www.abovetopsecret.com...



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