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Only that one or more ****ed up somewhere. Probably more than one and probably more than once.
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aside from the shuttles being 20 years old I don't see any problems....
It takes NASA's Research and Development 7-10 years to impliment anything new. They have to test everything like 5 million times or something insane like that. I am not sure if this is true now but as of a couple years ago the shuttle's still had 486's for computers in them.
-------------------- Gisel, I was looking at the picture page and I do have to admit, you look pretty good for a gaming female. Having said that, don't expect any sympathy when we meet on the battlefield. I am a fighter first, lover second. Posts: 2220 | From: Prescott, WI, USA | Registered: Apr 2001
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The Columbia had been completly rebuilt in 2001 and this was only it's third mission since its rebuilding.
It was not just overhauled it was completely rebuilt so age should not have been a factor.
Two simple questions linger in my mind and baffle me as to why they have not been addressed from day one of the shuttle program.
1. Being that the thermal tiles are, if not the most, one of the most crucial pieces to a safe re-entry why does the Crew and NASA as a critical part of each mission not have the ability to inspect the underside of the craft for damage in the effort to be able to more accuratley analyize any dammage sustained durring any part of the mission. Since the underside can be subject to cascade failure and thus total destruction from an even relativly small ammount of damage why in the hell was this not able to be investigated in a more aggresive maner.
2. Why does insulation fall off the fuel tank durring launch tank in any manner that could damage the orbiter in any way "on a regular basis". Why are these tanks not made in such a way that they do not pose a threat to the orbiter!!!! And even if they didnt think that pieces of insulation however light and "fluffy" could damage tiles at multiple times the speed of sound. Why is stuff falling off of an aircraft/spacecraft that advanced in the first place!!!!! Maybe 3M should get more involved here since obviously the Elmer's isnt working.
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I am not one to pile on NASA like the entire world but it seems that the atitude of "well it happened a couple times before and it wasn't a problem" is a bad one.
They didn't notice the damage until a couple days later when they were reviewing video of the launch. There is no redundancy in the tile design and there was no plan for rescue if the shuttle is ever damaged during take off (or so the experts are saying). I think NASA needs to refocus on safety before the whole program gets shut down.... Posts: 5484 | From: St. Paul, Mn | Registered: Apr 2002
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Before they get all safety minded they need to get all them boy band guys up in a shuttle. We could be like the russians and do the quantity not quality bit hehe.
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We could be like the russians and do the quantity not quality bit hehe.
