[Cold Heat]

That info was not on the site. I assume it was there, but who knows. I thought it might be indicative of a re-occuring problem with heating on the left side of the orbiter.

They were attempting to find out why.

[okie01]

"This information will increase understanding of leeside aeroheating phenomena and will be used to design a less conservative thermal protection system."

I read this as suggesting that they weren't experiencing recurrent overheating on the upper left wing and fuselage. Instead, they believed that they were "over-insulated" and could potentially implement a "less conservative thermal protection system". In other words, save a couple of pounds...

[bonesmccoy]

SILTS was never to be installed on the other orbiters. The reason is that it reduces the payload capability for station resupply missions.

I believe that the data acquisition is not real-time. I believe that the data is available after landing and recovery of the data storage device.

The media has been showing recovery of the forward fuselage and crew module remains. The widespread wreckage is consistent with inflight breakup of major structural elements at very high altitude. The location of the verticle stablizer debris is puzzling.

With all the pictures of various portions of structure, I've not seen any evidence of aft fuselage material.

If there are any Freepers in the Oklahoma, West Texas, New Mexico, or Arizona area, please post.