Posted on 06/06/2003 11:42:28 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:03:40 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
SAN ANTONIO — Foam fired at high speed caused a 3-inch crack in a space shuttle wing panel yesterday, offering investigators perhaps the best evidence yet for the likely cause of the Space Shuttle Columbia's breakup.
Investigators looking into Columbia's disintegration helped bolster their argument that a ferocious impact from foam insulation could have damaged the shuttle and contributed to the Feb. 1 disintegration during re-entry that killed all seven astronauts.
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Is that the right "closing" speed between a chunk of foam and a wing considering altitude, coefficient of friction of air/foam at that altitude, speed of shuttle, etc. What about the temperature of the foam and the panel? What about the effect of barometric pressure on the density of foam and panels at altitude. I'm assuming with the budget and number of PhD's they had on this, they covered those bases.
You see, 'they' discount the ONE phenomena to explain it.
Challenger AND Columbia...
Let's CUT to the CHASE...That launch was SO COLD and SO HUMID, that ICE, approx 6-8 INCHES THICK formed AROUND the foam.
THAT packs a considerable WALLUP!!!!!
Question...when did Summer Months Missions fail???????
Test Results Back Columbia Foam Theory
Yahoo! News ^ | 6/6/03 | Marcia Dunn - AP
Posted on 06/06/2003 4:40 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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