Someone saw something hit the wing on take-off. He asked if the tiles could have been damaged. NASA said, "Naw, you'll be OK!". Why didn't they schedule a spacewalk to confirm!!!
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts107/status.html
They've been talking about this all morning. Some insulation came off of one of the fuel tanks during takeoff, hit the wing, and knocked a few tiles loose. The engineers on the ground had the astronauts do a visual inspection from inside when they were in space and then told them they'd be fine. I guess not.
1440 GMT (9:40 a.m. EST)
During a mission status news conference yesterday, Entry Flight Director Leroy Cain was asked about any possible damage to the shuttle's thermal tiles during launch. The tiles are what protect the shuttle during the fiery reentry into Earth's atmosphere.
Tracking video of launch shows what appears to be a piece of foam insulation from the shuttle's external tank falling away during ascent and hitting the shuttle's left wing near its leading edge.
But Cain said engineers "took a very thorough look at the situation with the tile on the left wing and we have no concerns whatsoever. We haven't changed anything with respect to our trajectory design. It will be a nominal, standard trajectory."
1436 GMT (9:36 a.m. EST)
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No i am just saying like 20 30 tiles come off every trip. So titles being knocked off unless there were like 10 to 20 in one area wouldn't be a big deal.
Ok this might not be fully correct because no one can tell what happened exactly but this one of the things NASA is thinking.
Ok I just talked to my dad and he just got done talking to a friend that is at work at NASA right now. This is what they think happened. There is a two different powersources in the shuttle for moving the shuttle in space via "Jets" and the other Controls it in the air when coming down via "Flaps". The generater for the Flaps is twice the size of the source for the jets. It is like a mini jet engine. Probley i would guess by my dads hands is it about 3/4 the size of a trans am. When they came back down in to the air it turned on. They think there was a problem with the generater and it blew up, well when a jet engine goes boom sharp peices go everywhere which would cause a massive hole in the shuttle causes it to fall apart in the sky like it did. Well if my dad tells me any more i will post it. This kinda sucks for NASA.
The wing being cracked because of the tank stuff hitting it could also be the problem. But these are the two things they are looking into.
And u gotta keep in mind this shuttle is the oldest one they got.
This should be read before jumping to conclusions though...
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,418462,00.html
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts107/status.html
They've been talking about this all morning. Some insulation came off of one of the fuel tanks during takeoff, hit the wing, and knocked a few tiles loose. The engineers on the ground had the astronauts do a visual inspection from inside when they were in space and then told them they'd be fine. I guess not.
1440 GMT (9:40 a.m. EST)
During a mission status news conference yesterday, Entry Flight Director Leroy Cain was asked about any possible damage to the shuttle's thermal tiles during launch. The tiles are what protect the shuttle during the fiery reentry into Earth's atmosphere.
Tracking video of launch shows what appears to be a piece of foam insulation from the shuttle's external tank falling away during ascent and hitting the shuttle's left wing near its leading edge.
But Cain said engineers "took a very thorough look at the situation with the tile on the left wing and we have no concerns whatsoever. We haven't changed anything with respect to our trajectory design. It will be a nominal, standard trajectory."
1436 GMT (9:36 a.m. EST)
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No i am just saying like 20 30 tiles come off every trip. So titles being knocked off unless there were like 10 to 20 in one area wouldn't be a big deal.
Ok this might not be fully correct because no one can tell what happened exactly but this one of the things NASA is thinking.
Ok I just talked to my dad and he just got done talking to a friend that is at work at NASA right now. This is what they think happened. There is a two different powersources in the shuttle for moving the shuttle in space via "Jets" and the other Controls it in the air when coming down via "Flaps". The generater for the Flaps is twice the size of the source for the jets. It is like a mini jet engine. Probley i would guess by my dads hands is it about 3/4 the size of a trans am. When they came back down in to the air it turned on. They think there was a problem with the generater and it blew up, well when a jet engine goes boom sharp peices go everywhere which would cause a massive hole in the shuttle causes it to fall apart in the sky like it did. Well if my dad tells me any more i will post it. This kinda sucks for NASA.
The wing being cracked because of the tank stuff hitting it could also be the problem. But these are the two things they are looking into.
And u gotta keep in mind this shuttle is the oldest one they got.
This should be read before jumping to conclusions though...
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,418462,00.html
