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Oggin Aviator
26th Jul 2005, 14:26
Good Luck and God Speed to the crew of Discovery.
Big Cheese1
26th Jul 2005, 14:31
Good luck guys and gals!:ok:
DP Harvey
26th Jul 2005, 18:30
They're not paid enough.
Huge admiration from this corner of the globe.
MightyGem
26th Jul 2005, 19:22
Wouldn't say no to a pax ride though.
Jordan D
26th Jul 2005, 20:02
Best of luck to you - and God willing a safe return back home.
Jordan
Archimedes
27th Jul 2005, 00:50
The BBC are reporting that debris fell off during the launch, possibly damaging a heat shield tile. NASA say that they will be taking a close look at this on day 3 to see what, if anything, needs to be done to deal with this.
BBC Story (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4719847.stm)
If you go here (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/briefings/0726/pm/index.html), you can see NASA-released pics of the debris, including a shot of what probably counts as the highest-speed bird strike ever.
Safeware
27th Jul 2005, 11:23
Archi,
a shot of what probably counts as the highest-speed bird strike ever
Actually its is either the stupidest bird ever, giving rise to the slowest birdstrike ever, or it was having a pit-stop.
Discovery is still attached to the stack :)
sw
Archimedes
27th Jul 2005, 21:47
So it is! :O
(Note to self - pay more attention when idly browsing pictures...)
Mad (Flt) Scientist
28th Jul 2005, 02:01
Reports of foam debris falling off the tank - again - apparently it didn't hit the orbiter but NASA are apparently suspending flights again until they can work out how to stop it happening - again.
http://sympaticomsn.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1122464017411_4?hub=topstories
Jordan D
28th Jul 2005, 06:31
Same story, different location
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4723109.stm
Jordan
ShyTorque
28th Jul 2005, 07:44
All they need next time is to take along a space-walk trained repair man.
I'm good at tiling kitchens and bathrooms..... so any chance? :cool:
OVERTALK
29th Jul 2005, 03:27
A possible solution to the Shuttle's continuing problem with leading-edge hits by detaching icy foam.
LINK to the Sacrifical Glove (http://www.iasa.com.au/folders/Safety_Issues/RiskManagement/sacrificial_glove.htm)
It's been around for quite a while but NASA is still severely afflicted by the NIH syndrome. They've tried prevention and rectification and they've apparently achieved little. They now need to think about protection.
*NIH = "not invented here"