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4 ways Columbia could have been saved. From NASA's Kennedy Space Center Home Page
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| 04 February 03
| Mitchel Tighe
Posted on 02/04/2003 9:40:32 PM PST by Mitchel Tighe
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To: YaYa123
I know of one really good opition! Not to of lifted off in the first place.
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posted on
02/04/2003 11:03:07 PM PST
by
TLBSHOW
(God Speed as Angels trending upward dare to fly Tribute to the Risk Takers)
To: HairOfTheDog
at least your truthful I don't have to bring the other ones over, less work.
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posted on
02/04/2003 11:04:12 PM PST
by
TLBSHOW
(God Speed as Angels trending upward dare to fly Tribute to the Risk Takers)
To: Fred Mertz
We've had reports that there are pieces on the ground in California and in Arizona," said retired Gen. Michael Kostelnik, deputy associate administrator for shuttle and space station activities at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
He said credible reports and e-mail correspondence indicate the items include material from thermal tiles or a wing. NASA specialists were dispatched yesterday to check the reports, he said. Each tile is numbered to pinpoint where it fits on the shuttle.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20030205-735938.htm
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posted on
02/04/2003 11:06:57 PM PST
by
TLBSHOW
(God Speed as Angels trending upward dare to fly Tribute to the Risk Takers)
To: ALS
I'm sure I'm not the only one here that is well fed up with neanderthal reactions .... Everytime anyone tries to look or think outside the "box", they get character assassinations and made fun of until they are browbeat back into line. And while I'm on the subject... this posting of join dates on members is about as mature as a fresh pile of cowcrap.... Oh, ALS!!! Well said! BRAVO!!
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posted on
02/04/2003 11:09:17 PM PST
by
Finny
(God Bless G.W. Bush with wisdom, popularity, good timing, success, and victory.)
To: Finny
BUMP
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posted on
02/04/2003 11:11:12 PM PST
by
TLBSHOW
(God Speed as Angels trending upward dare to fly Tribute to the Risk Takers)
To: Mitchel Tighe
Remember the Challenger disaster where the launch control director was yelling RTLS RTLS after the explosion at 83 seconds? RTLS stands for Return To Launch Site. He yelled it AFTER the explosion??
Ummm .. isn't that a bit to late???
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posted on
02/04/2003 11:11:19 PM PST
by
Mo1
(I Hate The Party of Bill Clinton)
To: El Gato
RE jettisoning cargo to reduce weight ...
1. In Apollo 13, cargo wasn't jettisoned into space, it was put into the lunar module, which was left behind.
2. Jettisoning it into space, if they had the ability, would just leave stuff drifting dangerously around in the same orbit.
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posted on
02/04/2003 11:13:40 PM PST
by
Finny
(God Bless G.W. Bush with wisdom, popularity, good timing, success, and victory.)
To: Fred Mertz
I think they had an opportunity to investigate while the Columbia was in space, but they didn't.
.......
Wasn't it you that found out NASA never even told the crew of the problem?
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posted on
02/04/2003 11:14:13 PM PST
by
TLBSHOW
(God Speed as Angels trending upward dare to fly Tribute to the Risk Takers)
To: Mo1
Mo1 ,Sad but he does not answer,must be a lying SNB.
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posted on
02/04/2003 11:14:31 PM PST
by
fatima
To: TLBSHOW
Is this you?
![](http://www.nypost.com/photos/web02010309c.jpg)
Stay away from our ankles.
To: fatima
Oh well .. I guess it's best this way .. I really need my sleep for Powells speech at the UN tomorrow
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posted on
02/04/2003 11:25:14 PM PST
by
Mo1
(I Hate The Party of Bill Clinton)
To: ALS
ALS,This poster has admitted to being here before and being 'why were you impeachment "3rd time I asked.
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posted on
02/04/2003 11:25:49 PM PST
by
fatima
To: snopercod; Mitchel Tighe
Bump.
To: fatima
Not sure I understand your statement. Could you elaborate?
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posted on
02/04/2003 11:27:03 PM PST
by
ALS
To: Diddle E. Squat
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro...
Good night!
To: Mitchel Tighe
Who are you .
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posted on
02/04/2003 11:27:39 PM PST
by
fatima
To: Mitchel Tighe
Actually, there were and are different possibilities other than the abort routines; but the people who used to be at N.A.S.A. and were not locked into a bureaucratic mindset which prohibits examination of the possibilities ... do not have the strength in numbers, there, to make the difference.
To: El Gato; John Jamieson
El Gato,
After I posted my question, I saw another post on a different thread by John Jamieson (#262 on the 9:34pm thread regarding NYT's "Columbia Was Beyond Help, Officials Say"), also suggesting jettison of cargo. Poster Jamieson was the one who originally raised the excess weight concern a few days ago.
Do you have any guess how much weight might have been sloughed off if some ad hoc emergency procedure were devised?
Because NASA may not have known on a timely basis that there was a life-and-death emergency, perhaps they did not review the universe of unorthodox procedures (such as jettison of equipment) that might be technically difficult but not impossible.
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posted on
02/04/2003 11:29:55 PM PST
by
nvskibum
(curious...)
To: Diddle E. Squat
That looks like kathies dog just before it was killed by wolfs?
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posted on
02/04/2003 11:30:31 PM PST
by
TLBSHOW
(God Speed as Angels trending upward dare to fly Tribute to the Risk Takers)
To: Diddle E. Squat
so I guess it's not me.......
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posted on
02/04/2003 11:32:03 PM PST
by
TLBSHOW
(God Speed as Angels trending upward dare to fly Tribute to the Risk Takers)
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