A window fell out of the space shuttle?

Watching last nights news | 13 July 2005 | Edcoil

[MarkeyD]

A plastic window cover fell OFF.

[LIConFem]

I window did NOT fall out of the Space Shuttle. It was a temporary window cover that was taped in place.

[nuffsenuff]

Window COVER. Not a window.

[cvq3842]

I read once that the Shuttle has 2 million parts. So if they are operating 99.9% flawlessly, there are still, what, 2000 parts not working . . .

[edcoil]

OK, So how does a Window cover fall off a billion dollar aircraft 12 hours before launching into space.

[Paradox]

OK, So how does a Window cover fall off a billion dollar aircraft 12 hours before launching into space.

Gravity?

[RobRoy]

"OK, So how does a Window cover fall off a billion dollar aircraft 12 hours before launching into space."

Cheap duct tape.

[Ramius]

Gravity, I'm thinkin'.

[SittinYonder]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1441815/posts

[sonofatpatcher2]

Gad! What is this, "Let's Trash NASA Day?"

[Fierce Allegiance]

We already covered this one here:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1441815/posts?q=1&&page=1

[edcoil]

Actually gravity caused it to fall down, not fall

and in falling down (by gravity) it hit the tail.

[lilylangtree]

A window falls out the same way the mirrors get put on backwards.

[r9etb]

So.... Rather than doing a bit of simple research you decided to post a pointless vanity based on seriously incorrect "facts." And you've been here for years, too....

[nuffsenuff]

It was duct taped on.

[edcoil]

And you've been here for years, too....

Discuss the obvious

and

hold the useless accountable

[ChefKeith]

Block the "news" channels on the TV and log on here for the REAL news and info;)

[ChefKeith]

Yeah- with 'Gubmint duct tape.

They should go to a hardware store and get some REAL duct tape.

[Young Werther]

Werner von Braun once made a similar statement regarding the Apollo moon rocket. His point was that nothing is perfect. You can specify that 99.999% will work and that over 1,000 parts will fail but the mission will succeed since redundancy is included in the engineering plans!

The Shuttle program had been underfunded by Congress throughout its life. Had the tile system been upgraded as planned we wouldn't have lost Columbia! Had the white paint which was used on the first few shuttle flights not been eliminated to increase the payload capacity by about one ton we would not have lost Columbia! Human error is the usual problem that cannot be overcome by redundancy factors since fvck-ups are uncalculable!!