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Space Shuttle Damaged After Lift-Off
NBC New York ^ | 20 May09 | NA

Posted on 05/12/2009 11:59:02 AM PDT by buccaneer81

Space Shuttle Damaged After Lift-Off

Updated 2:47 PM EDT, Tue, 12, 20 May09

The space shuttle Atlantis suffered damage to the exterior two minutes after take-off.

Astronauts discovered a 21-inch stretch of nicks over four or give of thermal times on the right side of Atlantis.


TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: atlantis; damage; debris; nasa; shuttle; shuttleatlantis; spaceshuttle
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1 posted on 05/12/2009 11:59:02 AM PDT by buccaneer81
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To: buccaneer81

They are gonna have to sent the other one up to rescue?


2 posted on 05/12/2009 12:00:09 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar
They are gonna have to sent the other one up to rescue?

Too soon to tell.

3 posted on 05/12/2009 12:01:23 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: buccaneer81

A ‘two-fer-poster’ on the exact second - that’s got to be something :)


4 posted on 05/12/2009 12:01:28 PM PDT by libertarian27 (Ingsoc: Life, Liberty and the Department of Happiness)
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To: buccaneer81

wow we posted at the same exact second:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249429/posts


5 posted on 05/12/2009 12:01:52 PM PDT by Squidpup ("Fight the Good Fight")
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To: libertarian27

I saw that. First time ever that I have seen.


6 posted on 05/12/2009 12:02:09 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: Squidpup

Pretty amazing!


7 posted on 05/12/2009 12:02:36 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: buccaneer81

No prognosis yet?


8 posted on 05/12/2009 12:03:48 PM PDT by paulycy (BEWARE the LIBERAL/MEDIA Complex)
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To: buccaneer81

They DO carry duct tape for that sort of thing, right?


9 posted on 05/12/2009 12:03:53 PM PDT by Adder (Proudly ignoring Zero's political stylings since 1-20-09!)
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To: KevinDavis

Ping to possible shuttle damage.


10 posted on 05/12/2009 12:04:31 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: buccaneer81

I swear, NASA is gonna get people killed on this mission.


11 posted on 05/12/2009 12:04:43 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: Adder

Duct tape can fix anything. Even a broken heart.


12 posted on 05/12/2009 12:04:58 PM PDT by edcoil (Taxes only help an evil government)
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To: Adder
They DO carry duct tape for that sort of thing, right?

Some kind of glue and filler, I believe.

13 posted on 05/12/2009 12:05:19 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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I swear, NASA is gonna get people killed on this mission.

I'll admit, I thought this mission was a bad idea. The Webb telescope is going up in two years. We really didn't need to fix Hubble. We should have had another mission to finish the ISS.

14 posted on 05/12/2009 12:07:56 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: Squidpup

The other thread got pulled. I wonder what AM used as a tiebreaker...


15 posted on 05/12/2009 12:08:01 PM PDT by bondjamesbond (CO2 is like The Homeless. It only exists if there is a Republican in the White House.)
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To: Adder
They DO carry duct tape for that sort of thing, right?

That and a bigger hammer.

16 posted on 05/12/2009 12:08:11 PM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: buccaneer81

a 21-inch stretch of nicks over four or give of thermal times.

“four or five thermal tiles” is what I guess you mean.


17 posted on 05/12/2009 12:08:27 PM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: paulycy
No prognosis yet?

Not yet. Story broke at 2:50 Eastern.

18 posted on 05/12/2009 12:09:04 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: Izzy Dunne

Ha ha!

I have to admit, that line drove me nuts.


19 posted on 05/12/2009 12:09:26 PM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins (I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
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To: buccaneer81

they have a couple patch options available, haven’t gotten to use any yet on a mission.

any pics yet? curious the location and depth and breadth of knicks or gouges.


20 posted on 05/12/2009 12:09:36 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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