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 Jul 26 2005, 03:59 PM
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It appears during the Discovery launch that a fairly large piece of debis fell off the the External Tank and coming fairly close to the wing...
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Jul 26 2005, 04:29 PM
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It is not obvious from the picture but this happened just after SRB seperation..
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Jul 27 2005, 02:57 AM
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The replay makes it pretty obvious that the debris that was shed came nowhere near the orbiter itself. But it was a pretty substantial piece of debris.
Bill Parsons, I think it was, made the point that we have never had good images of the shuttle stack from an on-the-tank POV after SRB sep. As he said (paraphrasing slightly, I'm sure), "this might be something that has happened on every flight, we really don't know. We've never seen the vehicle like this during this phase of flight before. This is all new data that we've never had before." -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Chmee Debris Shedding Off Et During Launch Jul 26 2005, 03:59 PM
TheChemist A reporter asked about it in the press conference ... Jul 26 2005, 04:16 PM ilbasso Speaking of interesting and not-seen-before perspe... Jul 27 2005, 12:37 PM
tty QUOTE (ilbasso @ Jul 27 2005, 02:37 PM)Speaki... Jul 27 2005, 02:11 PM djellison I wonder what the flash up by the cockpit is at ar... Jul 27 2005, 12:40 PM ilbasso I think it's sun reflecting off the cockpit wi... Jul 27 2005, 12:53 PM djellison Thats what I first though - but it just seemed a b... Jul 27 2005, 01:08 PM ilbasso Maybe it was the sun reflecting off the clenched t... Jul 27 2005, 01:27 PM djellison I thought for a second it might have been someone ... Jul 27 2005, 01:35 PM Sunspot http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts114/statu... Jul 27 2005, 04:09 PM djellison I thought it looked like the foam right infront of... Jul 27 2005, 04:13 PM Sunspot Yikes, I hope this isnt something serious, I didnt... Jul 27 2005, 04:16 PM Sunspot WOW... looks like the next shuttle launch is off:
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