To: kattracks
The simplest would have been to abort the mission the moment the damage was discovered.Hey, there's a novel idea. If you can't bring them back in case of emergency then any takeoff that is less than perfect should be aborted immediately.
18 posted on
02/03/2003 10:03:57 PM PST by
Balata
To: Balata
They were already in orbit when it was discovered the take-off wasn't perfect...
21 posted on
02/03/2003 10:05:32 PM PST by
Chad Fairbanks
('I WISH, at some point, that you would address those damned armadillos in your trousers." - JustShe)
To: Balata
Hey, there's a novel idea. If you can't bring them back in case of emergency then any takeoff that is less than perfect should be aborted immediately.
Ah, it's incident #542,431,787 at FR of "not reading the article."
They didn't know the foam had fallen off till the day AFTER the launch.
22 posted on
02/03/2003 10:05:47 PM PST by
John H K
To: Balata
Hey, there's a novel idea. If you can't bring them back in case of emergency then any takeoff that is less than perfect should be aborted immediately. Aborts are not something you actually want to try. You'd probably kill more crews this way than if you let them go into orbit.
244 posted on
02/04/2003 10:12:43 AM PST by
r9etb
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