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NASA Press Conference LIVE THREAD
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| February 2, 2003
| NASA
Posted on 02/02/2003 2:00:17 PM PST by snopercod
Any time now...
TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: nasa; sts107
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To: Jael
environmentally friendly productsThey'll kill us all before it's over.
To: Semper911
Did they tell the crew about the debris that hit the wing on the ascent?
Did the crew know there could be a potential problem on re-entry?Finally. They said the crew knew about the debris, but they were told that it was inconsequencial.
To: snopercod
Switching to KSC reporters...
To: KC_for_Freedom
They are duty bound to look at everything else that might also explain the data, and doubtless the story will change as it takes form. Yes, and I am quite willing to wait for the right answer. It will come.
One comment this guy has made several times now, at least once yesterday and once today, it that they conisered the hit to the left wing and "didn't think" it was a problem.
He now seems rather dismissive of questions regarding inspecting or viewing the wing closely to see if there was damage.
In light of this catastrophic failure, the comment "we didn't think" it was a problem kindof leaves me cold.
If damage could have been detected before reentry, the shuttle could have used it's fuel to maintain orbit for for extra time. I believe there was another shuttle scheduled for about the third week of February. Dismissing the chance to view the shuttle using the Hubble or something else, seems carless in the extreme to me.
To: Jim Noble
Jumping in here, I am greatly imprssed by Dittemore. He is giving what he can
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posted on
02/02/2003 3:02:37 PM PST
by
don-o
To: snopercod
"why is the DOD involved?"
dunno specific reason(s), but active duty military were killed in this flight.
To: snopercod
This is what we did in our program. We compared the data the satellite's computers to ground 'truth' images.
We took three dumps and compared the dumps to each other and then the ground info.
Memory can take radiation hits in space and change its contents.
But I bet the shuttle's computer are much more hardened than ours.
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posted on
02/02/2003 3:04:08 PM PST
by
fooman
To: Fitzcarraldo
Perhaps the wheel and attached strut extended over California and took some sensors/wiring with it when it snapped off... Pay attention. Read carefully. The man said that sensors in wheel well were lost in a staggered fashion, and specifically said that this happened after CA, and further, that the staggered loss of sensor indicates something other than sudden change at that moment.
189
posted on
02/02/2003 3:04:22 PM PST
by
Cboldt
To: Jael
I keep reading that about the tanks ..
I don't want to get the wrong impression but what does NASA mean by "environmentally friendly"
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posted on
02/02/2003 3:04:28 PM PST
by
Mo1
(I Hate The Party of Bill Clinton)
To: DoughtyOne
If damage could have been detected before reentry, the shuttle could have used it's fuel to maintain orbit for for extra time. Nope. There is no possibilty for a recue, off this underfuned effort.
191
posted on
02/02/2003 3:04:36 PM PST
by
don-o
To: DoughtyOne
I believe there was another shuttle scheduled for about the third week of February.I don't believe that the next shuttle was due to launch for a few months...
192
posted on
02/02/2003 3:05:27 PM PST
by
Rafterman1
(France! For sale, cheap!)
To: All
Dittemore: "We have had conditions in the past where the vehicle has sensed an atmospheric layer, and the FCS would react to it, so those situations are normal. What is interesting is that the degree in which the elevons were trying to correct was outside of our experience."
To: DoughtyOne
They make a lot of judgment calls in this business... and every one of them is risky. If they turn out to have made the wrong call here, then they will know more about it than they did before, but I am not sure that makes anyone careless.
To: Jael
I think that it is you that brought this up yesterday. IF, IF this were true, it would be ironic that PC kills here.
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posted on
02/02/2003 3:06:17 PM PST
by
fooman
To: don-o
I'm not sure why it wouldn't be possible with another shuttle going up. Please explain.
To: snopercod
"Oh, another good question: Why were military satellites or telescopes not used to look at the bottom of the orbiter if there was a question regarding tile damage? "
"Answer: they don't have enough resolution to see anything."
I thought spy satellites could read license plates from orbit. Why not the other way around? (This sounds like ass-covering to me.)
To: DoughtyOne
In light of this catastrophic failure, the comment "we didn't think" it was a problem kindof leaves me cold.THIS is typical engineering speak. Engineers think - they don't 'feel' in their trade unless they find themselves at a loss for any other way to make a decision ...
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posted on
02/02/2003 3:07:14 PM PST
by
_Jim
To: snopercod
That's what I thought.
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posted on
02/02/2003 3:07:25 PM PST
by
Amelia
(Who's sending missile parts to Iraq?)
To: Rafterman1
march 1
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posted on
02/02/2003 3:07:33 PM PST
by
ARA
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