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MSNBC Breaking: NASA may wave off Wed. shuttle landing after "something" seen floating nearby
MSNBC/NASA-TV
| 9.19.06
Posted on 09/19/2006 7:54:50 AM PDT by mhking
MSNBC's Jay Barbree says that NASA may hold off on tomorrow's scheduled shuttle landing after cameras saw "something" floating nearby; NASA afraid that it may have been something that came off of the shuttle during an overnight engine burn. They're not sure if it is from Atlantis, or just space junk.
They want to check to make sure it is nothing from the thermal protection system on board Atlantis.
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: babyruth; lostbolt
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posted on
09/19/2006 7:54:51 AM PDT
by
mhking
To: mhking
What cameras?
It's probably ice.
2
posted on
09/19/2006 7:55:54 AM PDT
by
r9etb
To: mhking
The probably saw Madonna's career drifting deeper into space.
3
posted on
09/19/2006 7:56:15 AM PDT
by
zarf
To: mhking
Thanks for posting this. I thought they'd already done a thorough check? Or a number of them :) Are they concerned that one of those floating bolts may have dinged something? In any case, I'm glad they're waiting. Better safe than sorry.
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posted on
09/19/2006 7:57:01 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: mhking
Visitors!
To: r9etb
What cameras?Cameras on board the shuttle; they showed a tape on MSNBC, and there was some sort of black object that the cameras were tracking; no clue as to what it was.
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posted on
09/19/2006 7:57:18 AM PDT
by
mhking
(I make my livin' on the evening news....)
To: mhking
It's probably those lost bolts making orbit.
7
posted on
09/19/2006 7:57:18 AM PDT
by
RedCell
("...thou shalt kill thine enemy before he killeth you by any means available" - Dick Marcinko)
To: zarf
Probably the replay official from the OU - Oregon game.
8
posted on
09/19/2006 7:57:22 AM PDT
by
kjam22
To: mhking
Too bad this happened while Coast was not live.
9
posted on
09/19/2006 7:57:45 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
To: mhking
Space junk.
Bush's Fault!
To: mhking
I bet Al Gore is somehow behind this.
To: mhking
Anybody checked the whereabouts of Helen Thomas?
To: RedCell
It's probably those lost bolts making orbit.That was my first thought, but better safe and all...
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posted on
09/19/2006 7:58:01 AM PDT
by
mhking
(I make my livin' on the evening news....)
To: RedCell
It's probably those lost bolts making orbit.That was my first thought, but better safe and all...
14
posted on
09/19/2006 7:58:02 AM PDT
by
mhking
(I make my livin' on the evening news....)
To: mhking
"something" seen floating nearbyHellooooooo
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posted on
09/19/2006 7:58:31 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: zarf; cyborg
The probably saw Madonna's career drifting deeper into space.LOL!
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posted on
09/19/2006 7:58:41 AM PDT
by
Petronski
(Living His life abundantly.)
To: mhking
NASA- Duct Tape Suggested for Spacewalk Repair
On News/Activism 07/11/2006 10:34:36 AM EDT
AP ^ | 7/11/06
Today: July 11, 2006 at 7:26:19 PDT
Duct Tape Suggested for Spacewalk Repair By MIKE SCHNEIDER ASSOCIATED PRESS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Even in space, a little duct tape may work wonders...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1663690/posts
To: mhking
"after cameras saw "something" floating nearby" OK Freepers - I'm checking back later and I expect to see lots of fun pics!...please NO HELEN THOMAS! ARGH!
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posted on
09/19/2006 7:59:10 AM PDT
by
patriot_wes
(Infant baptism - the foundation of an unbelieving and unsaved church.....)
To: RedCell
The Shuttle has backed off 70 miles from the ISS. The lost bolts and other mechanical parts would be orbiting in the vicinity of the ISS rather than the Shuttle where it is now.
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posted on
09/19/2006 7:59:48 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
To: mhking
...and there was some sort of black object that the cameras were tracking; no clue as to what it was. Dimensions of 1 x 3 x 9, maybe...?
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posted on
09/19/2006 7:59:59 AM PDT
by
chimera
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