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Video shows shuttle may have shed debris over Arizona - check out this video taken by amateurs
The Dallas Morning News ^
| February 3, 2003
| By BYRON HARRIS / WFAA-TV
Posted on 02/04/2003 2:46:25 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
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To: wirestripper
Ive been watching the NASA conferences with MP71. Never had a single "buffering....", not once was there an audio dropout.
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posted on
02/04/2003 4:39:50 AM PST
by
djf
To: mewzilla
It's interesting that they placed a gag on discussion. Maybe there was something experimental, either on or in the craft, that is a secret--that they think might have contributed to whatever happened.
To: MeeknMing
Thanks for the ping Meek. Interesting stuff, seems like a significant clue. At least to a layman like myself. Hopefully this (and other amateur shots/video) will provide NASA with some real good clues as to what transpired.
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posted on
02/04/2003 4:44:13 AM PST
by
LoneGOPinCT
(From the Land of Liberalty)
To: djf
Anyone know if it exists anywhere in non-REAL format? I dumped REAL for Windoze Media Player 7. There was a link in a thread yesterday that was in Media Player format so I couldn't view it. I'll see if I can find it, otherwise try scanning some of the threads (it may have been in the big 3000+ post one). I'm sure someone here will beat me to it anyways.
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posted on
02/04/2003 4:47:20 AM PST
by
LoneGOPinCT
(From the Land of Liberalty)
To: John W; MonroeDNA; Timesink; Mo1; Lion's Cub; visualops; .30Carbine; maquiladora; mewzilla; ...
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posted on
02/04/2003 4:48:53 AM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(9 out of 10 Republicans agree: Bush IS a Genius !!)
To: mewzilla; DoughtyOne
...pics of the orbiter that were taken by the AF while it was upHmmmm...... the question "couldn't they have taken a photo of Columbia while it was in orbit" came up early in this tragedy. Several posters derided anyone who brought that subject up.
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posted on
02/04/2003 4:52:57 AM PST
by
csvset
To: MeeknMing
For those that do not have REAL, MSNBC has run the best footage I have seen this morning, and I thought I saw it all. It is real close and shows the details. Even the redish rusty color of the dust as it exits and there was a piece of insulation that was not totally destroyed.
Looks like it hit about the middle of the wing. They ran it about three times so far on IMUS>
To: csvset
News people asked that question. The answer was that the detail would not be helpful to assess the damage.
To: LoneGOPinCT
Local tv is reporting they have found debris in Arizona. If they find tiles, they'll have a better idea of the first point of failure.
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posted on
02/04/2003 5:03:25 AM PST
by
djf
To: djf
The debris would have to be tiles or there is a lot more to this breakup.
If it is a access door etc. The insulation likely did not totally cause this.
To: wirestripper
I'd hate to see another multi-year suspension of flights. I think they need to address the tile-fix-in-orbit problem, and do something about the insulation, but I think the remaining shuttles are very spaceworthy now.
Face it, few people drive cars older than Columbia was.
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posted on
02/04/2003 5:13:53 AM PST
by
djf
To: wirestripper
It has been my contention, that the trouble indeed started in CA or earlier and there should be a small debris field across the western states, prior to Dallas and the imminent explosion.
The CA astronomer is no kook and knew what he was seeing.
As far as the damage, what can they do?
If they were indeed damaged, all they could do was attempt to come home.
That was the only option.
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posted on
02/04/2003 5:17:04 AM PST
by
dtel
(Texas Longhorn cattle for sale at all times. We don't rent pigs)
To: djf
I have discovered a few interesting things about Columbia.
It was the oldest f course but was also the most problem ridden. The left wing heating and left side heating problems are mentioned early in the program. Special equipment and cameras were once installed to observe and correct it.
Also, the tile arrangement was different on the trailing edges of the wings.
To: dtel
That was the only optionI agree. Even if they suspected damage by the insulation, they have about three and a half minutes to make the abort call. Re-entry was a certainty and the die was cast.
To: wirestripper
There was a still photo broadcast yesterday that showed damage on a previous flight, where it had lost a number of tiles. Burned about an 8-12 inch hole into the infrastructure. Don't know if it was Columbia or not.
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posted on
02/04/2003 5:27:36 AM PST
by
djf
To: MeeknMing
The video at that link seems to have been removed. There are no links or pics on that page. Odd.
To: MeeknMing
Great link - thanks.
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posted on
02/04/2003 5:29:03 AM PST
by
lodwick
(Republicans for Sharpton)
To: wirestripper
I have to wonder what the quality of any pics the AF took was? Why were they taking pics and what in particular where they photgraphing? Do they take pics of all space shuttle flights? If so, who requires them or requested them to? Can the public see these pics?
For some reason, I wouldn't think the AF would take low quality pics, what would the purpose of that be ?
These are questions I'd like someone to ask the folks at NASA.
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posted on
02/04/2003 5:31:48 AM PST
by
csvset
To: djf
I believe that was ST86. It had about 108 damaged tiles but still landed. This is when they discovered the insulation problem. They have had the crew photograph the tank on separation ever since.
They changed the tank design shorty after to the light tanke. This tank that they flew the other day was one of two remaining heavy tanks in inventory.
It seems to me that many things may have contributed to the shuttles demise. Not just the insulation drop.
To: csvset; wirestripper
I would also like to know what efforts are being made out west to identify and retrieve debris.
It seems anything found out west would shed greater light on what failed first.
By the time it got in my neck of the woods it had already exploded and was in pieces.
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posted on
02/04/2003 5:36:15 AM PST
by
dtel
(Texas Longhorn cattle for sale at all times. We don't rent pigs)
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