To: Ole Okie
Dude, I am not a space engineer.
But anytime you are subjecting a surface to that kind of speed and force, it will come apart like a jigsaw puzzle if corrupted.
The rockets were still attached when the foam hit, they were not in orbit, and still had a lot of stress to go thru to get in orbit.
They still had to deorbit, more stress on the wing and tiles.
It would have come apart beforehand, if damaged early in flight.
IMHO.
13 posted on
02/13/2003 5:57:47 PM PST by
dtel
(Texas Longhorn cattle for sale at all times. We don't rent pigs)
To: dtel
"Dude, I am not a space engineer."
LOL and very obvious!!
To: dtel
Just as I suspected. You're a know-nothing, ignorantly speculating with an assumed air of authority.
18 posted on
02/13/2003 6:09:27 PM PST by
neuron2
To: dtel
If it launched today they could use all the Duct Tape everyone is buying.
27 posted on
02/13/2003 6:25:04 PM PST by
YOMO
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