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To: NormsRevenge
I am inclined to believe a combination of events occurred which led to structural failure.

This is like saying "I blew a tire on my car which led to catastrophic failure when the car rolled over after I hit the curb ...".

Eventually, on the shuttle, the entire vehicle will 'roll over' when ANYTHING fails during re-entry ...

I am inclined to believe that, well, we have two or three symptoms that seem to be well described now: a roll to the left, loss of sensors coming fmor the left wheel well and the increase in temps on the left side (as indicated by the infamous Bonn ? line measurements).

84 posted on 02/02/2003 6:16:54 PM PST by _Jim
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To: _Jim
Thanks for addressing the nebulosity and inanity of my comment about multiple stuff going wrong.

The tire blew upon inflation, hydraulics failed.. damaged tile(s) allowed wing burn-thru.. a key sensor(s) failed for as yet to be determined reason(s).. temps increased in the left wing wheel well area ???

Pick one or all of the above. Was the foam the precipitating event during the launch?

100 posted on 02/02/2003 6:38:26 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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