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Live Thread: NASA PRESS CONFERENCE
http://www.freerepublic.com ^ | February 3, 2002

Posted on 02/03/2003 8:19:13 AM PST by Howlin

NASA press conference today........in 15 minutes!


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: columbia; nasa; texas
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To: PhiKapMom
I'm not convinced that 'facts' can make it thru all that tin foil.
301 posted on 02/03/2003 2:22:35 PM PST by justshe (Eliminate Freepathons! Become a monthly donor. Only YOU can prevent Freepathons!)
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To: Howlin
Does not seem like the wheel well is the problem!
302 posted on 02/03/2003 2:23:19 PM PST by PhiKapMom (Bush/Cheney 2004)
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To: PhiKapMom; Howlin
Thanks for the running commentary! Those who are cubicle bound, salute you!
303 posted on 02/03/2003 2:23:38 PM PST by Mrs.Liberty
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To: PhiKapMom
"There is some other missing link...and we have to go find it."

304 posted on 02/03/2003 2:24:04 PM PST by justshe (Eliminate Freepathons! Become a monthly donor. Only YOU can prevent Freepathons!)
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To: Howlin
There is some other event--some other missing link that lead to the catastrophe beyond the wheel well.
305 posted on 02/03/2003 2:24:17 PM PST by NautiNurse (God Bless America)
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To: Frank_Discussion
If the ship were turning left, the right rear jets could fire to counter the motion.

Gotcha, I was only thinking about the jets around the nose.

306 posted on 02/03/2003 2:24:38 PM PST by mikegi
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To: Mrs.Liberty
I only hope I'm not giving the wrong slant to what they are saying. I'm trying to repeat it as I hear it, but remember, I'm do NOT know what they are talking about! :-)
307 posted on 02/03/2003 2:24:40 PM PST by Howlin
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To: NautiNurse
I heard that. What do you make of that?
308 posted on 02/03/2003 2:25:16 PM PST by Howlin
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To: Howlin
They still have a lot of investigative work ahead of them.
309 posted on 02/03/2003 2:26:03 PM PST by NautiNurse (God Bless America)
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To: justshe
Oh he is NOT happy about those insinuating that they might have saved the crew.

He's blasting them. "I just don't think we would have EVER had enough information to make those risk trades."

310 posted on 02/03/2003 2:26:32 PM PST by Howlin
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To: Howlin
I don't understand most of this either...but he is doing an excellent job of explaining. That is ONE upside for stupid reporters....lol.
311 posted on 02/03/2003 2:26:41 PM PST by justshe (Eliminate Freepathons! Become a monthly donor. Only YOU can prevent Freepathons!)
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To: justshe
I am not either! Sounds to me that a 60 degrees temperature rise is not enough to have caused this catostropic event.

This briefing is excellent. Still would be looking at the computer software! It may have given a false reading and caused the Shuttle autopilot to overcorrect!

He is slamming the press and their reporting tiles were the problem in a nice way!
312 posted on 02/03/2003 2:26:52 PM PST by PhiKapMom (Bush/Cheney 2004)
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To: NautiNurse
Did he just say that they would have had to decide to sacrifice the vehicle, get to a certain altitutde, and ask the crew to bail out?
313 posted on 02/03/2003 2:27:08 PM PST by Howlin
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To: NautiNurse
Thinking out of the box here.......could they have struck a piece of space debris on the approach??
314 posted on 02/03/2003 2:27:33 PM PST by Dog
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To: Howlin
They need to find debris west of the large areas in east TX and LA
315 posted on 02/03/2003 2:27:48 PM PST by NautiNurse (God Bless America)
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To: Howlin
You are reporting what he is saying! The wheel well temperature on one side was not enough different to make that the point of failure is what I get.
316 posted on 02/03/2003 2:27:58 PM PST by PhiKapMom (Bush/Cheney 2004)
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To: Howlin
Oh he is NOT happy about those insinuating that they might have saved the crew.

He's blasting them. "I just don't think we would have EVER had enough information to make those risk trades."




Makes me wish that everyone had a television set so they could listen to the experts, instead of the whack-jobs.
317 posted on 02/03/2003 2:28:11 PM PST by justshe (Eliminate Freepathons! Become a monthly donor. Only YOU can prevent Freepathons!)
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To: Howlin
That's what I heard if there was a catastrophic failure on take-off!
318 posted on 02/03/2003 2:28:36 PM PST by PhiKapMom (Bush/Cheney 2004)
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To: PhiKapMom
I still wish we had an expert here.......LOL.
319 posted on 02/03/2003 2:28:42 PM PST by Howlin
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To: Howlin
Hey I stayed at Holiday Inn Express does that help....:-)
320 posted on 02/03/2003 2:29:41 PM PST by Dog
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