Posted on 02/03/2003 6:03:22 AM PST by Timesink
Developing. Watch MSNBC for latest. Internal memo shows some engineers believe there was up to a 7 1/2-inch gash from the foam breakoff at launch. Memo was serious enough to go out to all NASA centers two days before disaster.
Day 4 - Atlantis begins to be prepped for an emergency launch
Day 11 Atlantis is sent up
Day 12 Atlantis docks near Columbia and initiates the plan
And this is hard to spell out for you why exactly?
I'm not sure which commentary you're referring to annie....I've actually said very little in regards to this whole thing, except for the fact, that I think they rolled the dice....and lost.
Hard to spell out for me?
Ask the "NASA tech people" to fill in the blanks on your time line.
Now that the tragedy happened, and now knowing tile damage has been reported to have happened before and no problems were encountered during re-entry. It is their decision that everyone now will judge and want in on- whether it was right, wrong, good, bad, or indifferent.
Heinsight is 20/20.
In other words, you ASSUMED that the problem would be correctly identified within 48 hours of launch...
No, it isn't. That's not the biggest chunk of anything to ever hit the Shuttle during climbout.
My proposal is therefore predicated on NASA erring on the side of caution instead of throwing it to the wind.
And speeding Atlantis through preflight by getting rid of a bunch of safety checks, and putting TWO shuttles and NINE astronauts at risk is "erring on the side of caution."
Georgie Orwell would be so proud of you!
Within hours of this terrible disaster there were some on FR claiming that the disaster was the result of NASAs incompetence, that the disaster was avoidable and that the cover up had already began. They have offered up memos, doctored photos and wild rumor as evidence.
In order to be true than we must also assume that the seven astronauts who died were fools or somehow duplicitous in their own deaths. Are we expected to believe that the knowledge of a few rumor mongers on the internet is greater then that of those who flew on Challenger?
Are we to believe that these seven astronauts were not aware of the foam problems on the shuttle program or the effects of budget cuts on the program? Are we to believe that they were foolish enough to fly a platform into space that was doomed from the beginning as some on FR claim?
If we accept their speculation then we must also assume that their fellow astronauts, walking the woodlands of east Texas looking for their remains, will not seek to discover the real cause of their deaths, but will work to cover up for NASA. Do you really believe this?
Is this what weve come to on FR? This doesnt just smear NASA, it smears the seven brave people we honor today.
While you have a point regarding the Atlantis emergency launch, it therefore begs the question if NASA considered such a launch impractical what WERE their other options in this situation? Or were they content to simply cross fingers? They should have taken a page out of the Boy Scouts motto: Be Prepared.
Unless we had 8 shuttles running on the same overall program OPTEMPO as the 4 we had, we really didn't have any options.
Or were they content to simply cross fingers? They should have taken a page out of the Boy Scouts motto: Be Prepared.
NASA gets less money than dairy subsidies do. There isn't a lot that they can do to "Be Prepared."
I'm just curious if you also think it's an insult to homicide, robbery, or assault victims when their family and friends exercise their God given talents to investigate who
carried out those crimes, when the police are unable to asertain who did it? In this instance we have an agency that has two vested interests, full disclosure and the
welfare of the agency itself. Why it would be an insult to the astronauts to make sure they weren't short-changed in the process, is beyond me.
I have seen the product of your logic before. It's generally interesting, but seldom very sound. Don't give up.
Within hours of this terrible disaster there were some on FR claiming that the disaster was the result of NASAs incompetence, that the disaster was avoidable and that the cover up had already began. They have offered up memos, doctored photos and wild rumor as evidence. In order to be true than we must also assume that the seven astronauts who died were fools or somehow duplicitous in their own deaths. Are we expected to believe that the knowledge of a few rumor mongers on the internet is greater then that of those who flew on Challenger?
Are we to believe that these seven astronauts were not aware of the foam problems on the shuttle program or the effects of budget cuts on the program? Are we to believe that they were foolish enough to fly a platform into space that was doomed from the beginning as some on FR claim?
If we accept their speculation then we must also assume that their fellow astronauts, walking the woodlands of east Texas looking for their remains, will not seek to discover the real cause of their deaths, but will work to cover up for NASA. Do you really believe this?
Is this what weve come to on FR? This doesnt just smear NASA, it smears the seven brave people we honor today.
You find this embarassing? This is the product of your logic? I do feel sorry for you.
No s**t.
I hear asphyxiation is a really unpleasant way to die.
You'd make a great boss.
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