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Space Shuttle's Left Wing May Be Damaged
nbc4.com ^ | 20070612 | NBC News space correspondent Jay Barbree

Posted on 06/12/2007 4:48:53 PM PDT by XBob

Space Shuttle's Left Wing May Be Damaged Meteorite, Space Junk May Have Struck Panels

POSTED: 5:13 pm EDT June 12, 2007 UPDATED: 7:00 pm EDT June 12, 2007 Email This Story | Print This Story Sign Up for Breaking News Alerts WASHINGTON -- A meteorite or space junk may have struck Space Shuttle Atlantis' left wing, according to NBC News space correspondent Jay Barbree.

NASA recorded a hit on reinforced carbon panels 7 and 8 on the left wing. The panels keep heat from re-entry from burning the spacecraft.

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This is the same area where foam damaged Columbia's left wing and caused it to break up, killing its crew on Feb. 1, 2003.


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KEYWORDS: damaged; leftwing; nasa; shuttle; shuttleatlantis
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To: Old Professer
The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming...

My thoughts exactly.
241 posted on 06/12/2007 6:58:17 PM PDT by G8 Diplomat (Political "protests" are nothing more than mass whining)
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To: Army Air Corps

I can just see the last Roman now, reaching for his scabbard...


242 posted on 06/12/2007 6:58:52 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: X-FID

an up there alien type.....lol


243 posted on 06/12/2007 6:58:56 PM PDT by advertising guy (If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
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To: tricky_k_1972

Heck, there’s probably a buried fifth of Stoli somewhere on Terra Luna.


244 posted on 06/12/2007 6:59:17 PM PDT by IslandJeff ("I used to care, but things have changed" - Robert Zimmerman)
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To: Old Professer

Well, I ask because we are eventually going to send some kind of colonisers into space. Eventually, an amorous couple is going to try.


245 posted on 06/12/2007 7:01:21 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: IslandJeff

there is probally a booze locker up there and the scotches, whiskeys and beers of the world paid NASA for the ride up....If not, NASA is leaving money on the table, marketing wise


246 posted on 06/12/2007 7:01:54 PM PDT by advertising guy (If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
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To: advertising guy
it would work as animation now

Or even a "South Park" miniseries.

247 posted on 06/12/2007 7:02:20 PM PDT by IslandJeff ("I used to care, but things have changed" - Robert Zimmerman)
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To: XBob

Prayers for our astronauts - and a plea; if the engineers could fix Apollo 13, then there must be a way for our engineers and spacewalkers to fix this, with the tools available...

It’s “go” time.


248 posted on 06/12/2007 7:03:22 PM PDT by dandelion
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To: Army Air Corps

Colanders?


249 posted on 06/12/2007 7:04:49 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: IslandJeff

RosieO Donuts would be the right man for the job


250 posted on 06/12/2007 7:05:19 PM PDT by advertising guy (If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
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To: advertising guy
there is probally a booze locker up there and the scotches, whiskeys and beers of the world paid NASA for the ride up

They cleverly hid it in a black monolith.

251 posted on 06/12/2007 7:05:25 PM PDT by IslandJeff ("I used to care, but things have changed" - Robert Zimmerman)
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To: potlatch


252 posted on 06/12/2007 7:05:27 PM PDT by devolve ( _Illegal_Aliens_Killed_25_Americans_Today _20_More_Than_Al-Qaeda_Did_ _Smoke_Gets_in_My_Eyes_)
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To: IslandJeff

it ain’t that well hidden ,we’re outta Jack Daniels


253 posted on 06/12/2007 7:07:33 PM PDT by advertising guy (If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
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To: devolve

Looks beautiful devolve! Full screen.


254 posted on 06/12/2007 7:07:58 PM PDT by potlatch (MIZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MIKAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_))
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To: beethovenfan

That was my first thought too.
China treats the space like their own environment - a junk yard...


255 posted on 06/12/2007 7:08:24 PM PDT by traumer
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To: advertising guy

Well, then, the Orion platform is a no-brainer. Cool system, in all seriousness.


256 posted on 06/12/2007 7:09:25 PM PDT by IslandJeff ("I used to care, but things have changed" - Robert Zimmerman)
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To: IslandJeff

A NASA spokesman just used “irregardless”. Grrr.


257 posted on 06/12/2007 7:11:31 PM PDT by IslandJeff ("I used to care, but things have changed" - Robert Zimmerman)
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To: XBob

The Space-Station is going to be very crowded until they get a ride home. Hope someone brought along a few cigars, and six-pack.


258 posted on 06/12/2007 7:11:55 PM PDT by devane617 (Stop Illegal Immigration. Call your Senator today. Senate Switchboard at 202-224-3121.)
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To: HEY4QDEMS

I agree.
Send a mars rover to the station.

Remote control, we have no business floating around in space.


259 posted on 06/12/2007 7:12:39 PM PDT by shadowcat
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To: Severa
I was a senior in high school when Challenger flew apart.  At the time, I just didn't feel the horrible shock that everyone else did and it took me a few days to pin down why: they were doing what they loved.  They died living their dream.

To this day I don't ever, ever feel bad for someone who dies living their dream.  "I'd rather live one day a tiger, than a hundred years a sheep."

260 posted on 06/12/2007 7:13:23 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (When's MY turn? What crimes may I commit and recieve amnesty for?)
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