| New shuttle launch tomorrow, problem similliar like Columbia's | |
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Plo Koon - Student  |
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On the eve of NASA's return to flight, a falling window cover dinged a couple of tiles on the shuttle Discovery Quote: Less than two hours after NASA Administrator Mike Griffin declared that Discovery was "go for launch," engineers at the launch pad discovered that a foam-edged, plastic cover had come off one of the cockpit windows, fell 60 feet (18 meters) and hit a protruding engine pod on the left side of Discovery's back end. Quote: although the replacement was slightly out of alignment with the surrounding tiles, inspectors gave the OK for launch. I mean, come on!, can't they atleast secure the stupid plastic thing first!? idiots will make the same mistake again like last time if they don't do their job. _______________ Free Tibet! Click this link,and learn Here too |
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Nero - Student 
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They have prosponed the launch. It might be at saturday at the soonest. _______________ -Nero Quote: Curious, Smartass, what else? |
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Thomasooo - Student 
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If they're smart, they postpone the launch. _______________ In the navy and LOVING it! 
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Darth Sirius - Student 
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You can watch the launch live here click *edit: I guess the TV works well also _______________ The true padawan prodigy of Jedi_Pimp Learning staff from Janus, This comment was edited by Darth Sirius on Jul 13 2005 07:24pm. |
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Krazzed - Student 
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i was gonna go but my parents mad plans with friends and it really sux cuz itsl ike perfect timing other than its like a forever drive lol _______________ (\__/) (O.o ) (> < ) This is Bunny. Copy Bunny into your signature to help him on his way to world domination. |
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Nero - Student
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The similarity lies only in the fact that it both has something to do with the warmth-resisting tiles. Those tiles are worldwide the only possible mater to be able to withstand such heats, problem is that it is very fragile aswell. At nearly every launch a few tiles break off and this is considered normal and not dangerous, when the accident occur a couple of tiles came loose on a very vurnerable place, the chance of those getting loose again is extremely slim... _______________ -Nero Quote: Curious, Smartass, what else? |
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Buzz - Student 
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You know I really doubt that NASA, would let the same thing happen again. I don't think they've ever had a similar accident ever occur twice. Isn't also part of this mission to test the repairing of the space shuttle in orbit? And also I don't believe that the shuttle is exposed to the same temperatures on the trip up as the return, which is why columbia was destroyed on its return and not during the liftoff. _______________ When you are going through Hell, keep going. -Sir Winston Churchill. Those who seek power and control of others, no matter the level, no matter the intentions, should never be given it. |
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DarthMike - Student 
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erm this incedent is in noo way similar to the last one, im sure they know what theyre doin. _______________ "You can't get Windows on a Mac because the drivers are not compatible." --- Some dude from the Geek Squad "So if you have quad-core, you have four times the RAM, right?" --- Some guy at Best Buy |
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Plo Koon - Student 
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If you want to know what happened last time, to the shuttle Columbia, this is it... Quote: Investigators concluded that Columbia's left wing was hit by a piece of flying foam insulation from the external fuel tank, opening up a hole in the left wing. Sixteen days later, during atmospheric re-entry, hot gases entered that hole and thus causing the shuttle to break apart, and insinerate, destroying the shuttle from within. That tragedy killed all seven of Columbia's astronauts and brought the rest of the shuttle fleet to a standstill while NASA and an independent panel investigated the accident's cause. The shuttles, and the shuttles computers are so old and out of date, from like the 50's, where the computer is the size of a house practicly!. Everything is so fragile a peice of foam can smash a hole straight through it. Let's hope your right Grad. _______________ Free Tibet! Click this link,and learn Here too This comment was edited by Plo Koon on Jul 13 2005 06:31am. |
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Gradius - Ex-Student 
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Well, although I agree that it appears to be another mistake, NASA is full of some of the worlds smartest people. I have the upmost faith that any problems would've been fixed before they declared it a Go. _______________ - Proud padawan of Kueller. - We really are at the beginning of it all. The trick, of course, is to make sure we never find the end. - Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything - <gen-e-sis-happy> Liek, you can train, liek, a n00b, but he'll just be a trained n00b... --> Wise words! - "daer SOE me likes your a company i am having your some money for letting me do stuff cos mes the best amd i do it all meself" - Slider |
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