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Forum: Tech Log
18th Mar 2003, 05:23
Replies: 232
Views: 75,454
Posted By ORAC

CNN - 17 March - Shuttle lost a 'steady stream'...

CNN - 17 March - Shuttle lost a 'steady stream' of debris.

HOUSTON, Texas (AP) -- Columbia lost "a steady stream" of pieces from California all the way to its final breakup over Texas, as wires in...
Forum: Tech Log
12th Mar 2003, 14:07
Replies: 232
Views: 75,454
Posted By ORAC

LA Times - 12 March: Shuttle Investigators...

LA Times - 12 March:

Shuttle Investigators Look at Possibility of Weakened Wing.
Damage resembling pinholes is found on Columbia's left leading edge. Area may have been more vulnerable to a...
Forum: Tech Log
26th Feb 2003, 20:41
Replies: 232
Views: 75,454
Posted By ORAC

Wing Roughness...

Wing Roughness (http://www.rense.com/general34/brek.htm).

The comments about turbulent flow are interesting when put together with the state of the upper wing tile found in west Texas.
...
Forum: Tech Log
25th Feb 2003, 22:24
Replies: 232
Views: 75,454
Posted By ORAC

An upper wing heat shield tile has been recovered...

An upper wing heat shield tile has been recovered in west Texas. It shows extreme heat damage, much more than can normally be expected during re-entry.

CNN...
Forum: Tech Log
16th Feb 2003, 20:39
Replies: 232
Views: 75,454
Posted By ORAC

Associated Press HOUSTON -- The board...

Associated Press
HOUSTON -- The board investigating the space shuttle Columbia disaster Saturday toured the Louisiana plant where the orbiter's external fuel tank was built, while searchers scouring...
Forum: Tech Log
7th Feb 2003, 12:40
Replies: 232
Views: 75,454
Posted By ORAC

National Public news just reported that,...

National Public news just reported that, according to AW & ST, the USAF has given NASA photographs of the shuttle. The photographs reveal major structural damage at the root of the left...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Feb 2003, 14:09
Replies: 232
Views: 75,454
Posted By ORAC

Just did a search for previous report of damage...

Just did a search for previous report of damage which might be relevant and found two.

STS-27 Mission report:

Initial post-flight inspections of the exterior surface of the Orbiter revealed...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Feb 2003, 06:15
Replies: 232
Views: 75,454
Posted By ORAC

Interesting to see that the deputy chief of the...

Interesting to see that the deputy chief of the astronaut office is an Australian. Dr Thomas (http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/thomas-a.html)
Forum: Tech Log
4th Feb 2003, 16:52
Replies: 232
Views: 75,454
Posted By ORAC

Nominal pressure is around 310psi at 75 degrees....

Nominal pressure is around 310psi at 75 degrees. Maximum 340psi. Minimum red-line 275psi.
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Feb 2003, 19:29
Replies: 232
Views: 75,454
Posted By ORAC

BahrainLad, The British one, someone at NASA...

BahrainLad,

The British one, someone at NASA playing a blinder...
I thought it might have been possible they acquired later, but not so.

"On 21 December 1872 the 2306 ton steam assisted...
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Feb 2003, 15:06
Replies: 232
Views: 75,454
Posted By ORAC

Atlantis, Challenger and Columbia were named...

Atlantis, Challenger and Columbia were named after American ships. The Endeavour and Discovery were named after Captain Cook's ships. And the Enterprise was named after a certain starship...........
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Feb 2003, 20:56
Replies: 232
Views: 75,454
Posted By ORAC

CNN - Timeline: A timeline of the final...

CNN - Timeline:

A timeline of the final minutes of the shuttle flights and the hours following it (all times EST):

Additional data in italics from NASA press conference.

8:15 a.m.
Space...
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