Posted on 09/09/2006 9:49:10 AM PDT by ableLight
Atlantis safely reached low earth orbit this morning but debris was seen hitting vehicle; NASA is investigating to see if there is any danger to crew.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
NASA really pushed this one. They didn't want to want until October to launch.
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Why is this system allowed to fly?
Put the crew capsule on top of the rocket where it belongs.
They should go back to the old foam mixture.
I don't think a faulty fuel cell sensor issue [which was the problem causing the delays] has anything to do with debris hitting the shuttle.
What part of "NO DYNAMIC PRESSURE" do you people not understand. This "Event," the size of the shedding not yet determined, took place 4 minutes into flight, well above the bulk of the atmosphere, therefore NO AIR PRESSURE, no "wind" to slam shedded foam against a Carbon-Carbon wing leading-edge plate, for example. It just floats away, left behind by the accelerating vessel.
Agreement bump.
Don't have much exposure to bureaucrats in CYA mode, do you?
And quit listening and obeying the commands of the enviro-whackos who care nothing for humanity and all for their own petty causes.
Debris is caused by improper foam used ONLY to appease those same uncaring useful idiots.
We can't lay all the blame on the clintonista regime that forced these rules --- our so-called conservatives in power (??) are crawling right along still appeasing them.
"you people"
We're not worthy! We're not worthy!
Unfortunately, NASA treated the problem of falling debris for years in the same manner you have here. And we have seven dead astronauts as a result.
Can you imagine all the thing that go wrong after lighting hit the pad. The shuttle is loaded with all kinds of electronics. This one is risky to say the least.
What part of the delicacy of the thermal tiles do you not understand?
There is a very simple answer to the problem here - go back to the old foam. But NASA won't do that.
Well, the orbiter is accelerating and the debris is not, so it does not float away relative to the orbiter, but the orbiter is rather slammed into it. Someone here will know what the delta V is over the distance traveled between the debris and the leading edge.
The family members of the crew need to get an attorney right now to stop the avalanche of bad decisions made by NASA. The crew members are canon fodder if the experts at NASA let this wreck of a shuttle continue its mission with external damage - like it has encountered every other launch after they changed the tile glue in order to satisfy the econuts.
Didja read the CNN article at the link provided? It might affect your response.
currentlyn on the CNN site..
Atlantis blasts off on 'flawless' day
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/09/09/space.shuttle.ap/index.html
The space shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on schedule Saturday morning. Some debris was seen striking the orbiter, but that happened after the danger period and should pose no threat, NASA said. "What you saw today was a flawless count, a majestic launch," said NASA Administrator Michael Griffin.
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