To: cactusSharp
>>...the landing gear TIRES heating up ...<<
Tire blows... structural, hydraulic, electonics failure...unable to control aero surfaces for re-entry manoevers...
To: tscislaw
No indication of anything from the ground causing the breakup.
11 posted on
02/01/2003 10:25:01 AM PST by
ksen
(HHD)
To: tscislaw; snopercod
Tech discussion by engineers on original thread hypothesized a Main Landing Gear Door failure and subsequent structural damage...
13 posted on
02/01/2003 10:25:23 AM PST by
HiJinx
(I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth...)
To: tscislaw
I heard this report TWICE and once from a NASA spokesman
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