NASA Could have aborted the flight before it reached orbit!

NASA Website ^ | 02/03/03 | self

[cyncooper]

So, Fred, NASA'S lying and they intentionally killed the Columbia astronauts?

So then any statements, video,photographs and documents made a public part of the record are just an elaborate ruse to hide that there really is a cover-up.

Rolling my eyes-----in disgust.

[cyncooper]

they flamed you anyway.

Yeah, clarifying the state of the record now = flaming.

Get a grip.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Yes, they could have, if they had know about the damage withing the first 25 minutes, which they didn't.

[Frank_Discussion]

And I am trying to tell you that it isn't possible to do anything more than is done. The event simply wasn't seen until the tapes were reviewed, and they can't be reviewed within 25 minutes of launch, and certainly not before initial orbit is reached, at ~8 minutes.

[Catspaw]

Fred thinks everybody lies. It's easier to keep track that way! LOL!

Oh, good--I can toss away my scorecard :-))

[JoshGray]

You read it wrong. "25 minutes" is the approximate time between launch and landing if the mission is aborted within the first 4 minutes and 20 seconds.

[Frank_Discussion]

On-Launch abort is sort of a bootlegger's turn in space. They wouldn't risked that at the time, even if they were able to see the debris hit.

[Redcloak]

Yes, they could have aborted. However, they didn't realize that the shuttle's wing had been struck until the next day. The debris from the ET was sighted the next day as the films of the launch were being reviewed. No one at NASA had any idea that it had happened during that 25 minute abort window.

[1Old Pro]

YOU ARE A REPORTER. What Question would you ask Sean O'Keefe about the shuttle tragedy-

[Preech1]

The 25 minute window was according to their numbers on their website. As for giving them a break, I agree. I also think brainstorming a problem and possible remedies is also a healthy process. I again restate my position that I did not start this thread as a blame NASA thread, but to answer those who said it was doomed at the moment of launch.

[CharacterCounts]

I appreciate your posting this thread. It's a shame...they flamed you anyway.

Vanities should expect flames, especially when not stated as such in the title.

[smith288]

I appreciate your posting this thread. It's a shame...they flamed you anyway.

I hope you'll stay on free republic.

I almost never post anymore because of the flaming that is infesting the forum.

Wuss... Getting flamed builds character! ;)

[cyncooper]

Nasa is holding a press conference right now and the gentleman that just spoke outlined the plan for the investigation and said it would be the most open investigation ever.

[MrConfettiMan]

With NASA controlling the information flow...

The only reason I think NASA might be controlling the flow of information is to attempt to prevent or minimize the amount of Monday morning quarterbacking that goes on in the media and around America's watercoolers. During the first news conference on Saturday, I thought the NASA Administrator very diplomatically gave the press the middle finger when he asked them to respect the families of the astronauts. (Note: For the past 10.5 years I've at NASA Goddard so my opinion may be biased.)

[mountaineer]

Disagreeing with someone, or stating facts which refute his theory, hardly can be termed flaming.

[Preech1]

Thanks for the invite...how will I recognize you there?

[Robe]

They are located on the instrumentation ring inside the Main Tank

[mountaineer]

Assuming NASA didn't know about the damage - or its implications, at least - until the day after the launch and therefore couldn't abort, I wonder if at some point during the course of the mission they told the astronauts what had happened, and warned them that it was unlikely they'd survive their return to earth. In reading Laurel Clark's final e-mail to her friends and family (reprinted here), I almost get the impression it's a "goodbye" letter. Of course, that's easy to say after the fact, but I wonder. Hope everyone will check it out and comment.

[jnarcus]

I ( having worked at NASA Ames and on the Shuttle specifically) went to the link because what you said made NO SENSE!!! The link does NOT say they have 25 mins to make a decision...what it says is that in 25 mins the shuttle would return for landing...Geeez Louise this is the kind of stupid nonscience thinkling that fuels ALL cinspiracy theories. Let me assure you that once those boosters fire you cannot stop the process there is no "abort" or stop...The bird is live. You might be able to have a different flight path but there was NO indicacation that an emergency had occured and the bird needed to return...Learn to read learn to think

[tbpiper]

It's called a Propellant Dispersal System. There are charges on the ET designed to split the tanks open and charges on the SRB's. There are none on the Orbiter itself.