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Space Shuttle's Left Wing May Be Damaged
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| NBC News space correspondent Jay Barbree
Posted on 06/12/2007 4:48:53 PM PDT by XBob
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To: KevinDavis
Thank you kindly for the ping. Please keep me advised.
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posted on
06/12/2007 6:34:00 PM PDT
by
2Jedismom
(Expect me when you see me!)
To: GGpaX4DumpedTea
You’re teasing. Have any links? Even Richard Hoaglund stuff. I’d love to see it.
202
posted on
06/12/2007 6:34:35 PM PDT
by
IslandJeff
("I used to care, but things have changed" - Robert Zimmerman)
To: supercat
Are the Russians using 40-year-old designs, or 40-year-old equipment? Nothing wrong with old designs. Nor even necessarily with old equipment if it's well-maintained and kept in a suitable environment. The Space Shuttles, though, are subjected to considerable stress and are apt to suffer from the effects thereof.The primary heavy bomber in the USAF inventory is the B-52 Stratofortress. The first one was deployed in 1955. The newest one was built in 1962. They are rigorously maintained and refurbished, to the point that most of them probably have few of their original parts left, but they keep on truckin'. I can't say for certain, but my best bet is that there is not a single current B-52 crew member who is older than his airframe.
To: P-40
That is an image that I will never ever forget. School was cancelled for the day when that happened. The next day, we had a moment of silence for the crew and their families.
204
posted on
06/12/2007 6:35:34 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: tricky_k_1972
Thanks! That is the information I was thinking of. So many common items we use every day came from NASA. Just think how many more we would have if we expanded the program.
205
posted on
06/12/2007 6:36:08 PM PDT
by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: bazbo
Hubble telescope has given us great insight into the Universe, things we could only speculate on, and it's still out there.
I'm a big fan of the Hubble and other projects.
206
posted on
06/12/2007 6:36:50 PM PDT
by
X-FID
To: Brakeman
You say: “manned space flight is a waste of money that takes away funds for real missions that come up with real discoveries.”
geeze - where have you been for the past 30 years?
I double dare you to read about all the spin-off technology that we use, benefit from and ‘couldn't do without’ that are a DIRECT result of the space industry.
http://www.thespaceplace.com/nasa/spinoffs.html
207
posted on
06/12/2007 6:36:51 PM PDT
by
maine-iac7
( "...but you can't fool all of the people all the time." LINCOLN)
To: XBob
Space Shuttle's Left Wing May Be Damaged
I can think of a Left Wing that IS damaged...
208
posted on
06/12/2007 6:37:36 PM PDT
by
G8 Diplomat
(Political "protests" are nothing more than mass whining)
To: P-40
NASA also has a thick book on their spin-offs. It covers everything from medicine to materials processing to communications and lots in between. Some really surprising stuff in there. It was a serial that was updated, IIRC, on an annual basis.
209
posted on
06/12/2007 6:38:07 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: P-40
definately one of those ‘I remember where I was when I heard’ moments
210
posted on
06/12/2007 6:39:14 PM PDT
by
RDTF
(www.imwithfred.com)
To: Army Air Corps
School was cancelled for the day when that happened.
We all rushed to the school of communications because they had....satellite TV. We wanted to know as much as we could right away. Now there is CNN...so you can know nothing right away.
211
posted on
06/12/2007 6:39:40 PM PDT
by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: P-40
Now there is CNN...so you can know nothing right away.
That is one of the funniest posts that I have seen in a while. Thanks for the laugh!
212
posted on
06/12/2007 6:41:13 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: HEY4QDEMS
We need to stop putting people up there. Its expensive, worthless and most of all, dangerous.
Good thing our ancestors weren't such pussies!
Look at history and see how many of the pilgrims from the Mayflower died the first year.
Also how many ships were lost in the crossing over the first 100 or so years after 1620.
213
posted on
06/12/2007 6:41:17 PM PDT
by
Mogger
(Independence, better fuel economy and performance with American made synthetic oil.)
To: tricky_k_1972
ping I've had family working in the space industry since the Mercury astronauts - lived in Cocoa Beach then - then a sleepy little town - you say it well:
We can either project our vision of the future of space exploration or allow some other nation to project theirs. Our choice is simple, Lead or Follow.
214
posted on
06/12/2007 6:41:22 PM PDT
by
maine-iac7
( "...but you can't fool all of the people all the time." LINCOLN)
To: Army Air Corps
They’re all going over to the ISS for a dance party. Hopefully someone remembered to tie the load down.
215
posted on
06/12/2007 6:41:47 PM PDT
by
IslandJeff
("I used to care, but things have changed" - Robert Zimmerman)
To: Army Air Corps
Actually NASA has been making squawks to that effect, apparently they would love a US based alternative to Russian resupply of the ISS during the end of Shuttle Flights and the begging of CEV flights.
The new NASA administrator has made several speeches about NASA’s willingness to utilize and support civilian infrastructure and even co development of hardware.
216
posted on
06/12/2007 6:42:32 PM PDT
by
tricky_k_1972
(Putting on Tinfoil hat and heading for the bomb shelter.)
To: X-FID
the hammer was in case an alien showed up looking for lunch......lol
217
posted on
06/12/2007 6:42:42 PM PDT
by
advertising guy
(If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
To: Army Air Corps
A friend was on a commercial flight and the pilot announced on the PA that for the remainder of the flight he would be flying the plane. He said it was pretty rough. When they were safely on the ground he asked the pilot what the deal was and the pilot explained to him about all the technology that makes a plane ride so smooth these days....and where the technology came from....and how unpleasant the trip is when it fails.
218
posted on
06/12/2007 6:43:15 PM PDT
by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
so how bout a space salvage yard you know some cigar chewin sweaty sleeveless t-shirt toothless type
hustling to retreive the junk.
219
posted on
06/12/2007 6:44:22 PM PDT
by
advertising guy
(If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
To: IslandJeff
Theyre all going over to the ISS for a dance party.
That reminds of a question that I have had in mind. If one gets hammered in micro-g or zero-g, are the effects worse or less?
220
posted on
06/12/2007 6:45:03 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
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