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MSNBC: Columbia Flight Data Recorder Found
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| 3.19.03
Posted on 03/19/2003 5:04:01 PM PST by mhking
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posted on
03/19/2003 5:04:01 PM PST
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mhking
To: mhking
When it rains, it pours bump.
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posted on
03/19/2003 5:04:54 PM PST
by
manna
To: mhking; snopercod
Wow!!
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posted on
03/19/2003 5:05:19 PM PST
by
Constitution Day
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To: manna
Maybe Osama is Next!
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posted on
03/19/2003 5:05:37 PM PST
by
cmsgop
( Arby's says no more Horsey Sauce for Scott Ritter !!!!)
To: mhking
I though NASA said there wasn't one.
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posted on
03/19/2003 5:06:44 PM PST
by
CindyDawg
To: mhking
Would this thing have as much or more info than was sent via the flight telemetry?
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posted on
03/19/2003 5:07:18 PM PST
by
mewzilla
To: mhking
Interesting.
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posted on
03/19/2003 5:07:27 PM PST
by
steveegg
(The French have removed 1 leg from the UN; it is now LN (League of Nations).)
To: CindyDawg
I though NASA said there wasn't one.[shrug] I just type 'em as I find 'em...
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posted on
03/19/2003 5:07:33 PM PST
by
mhking
(Let's get ready to rumble!!!!!)
To: mhking
Shuttles don't carry airliner-style FDRs, so this headline
comes across as bogus.
Having said that, there are various systems on board with
local storage, plus a particular motion image camera that
they've been looking for.
Personal recorders may also have been in use, like the
camcorder that provided the re-entry footage.
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posted on
03/19/2003 5:07:48 PM PST
by
Boundless
To: CindyDawg
IIRC, there is a data recorder, but it is not built to withstand impact as commercial aircraft. I believe it sends data continuously to ground control.
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posted on
03/19/2003 5:08:25 PM PST
by
NautiNurse
(Usama bin Laden has produced more tapes than Steely Dan)
To: Boundless
Shuttles don't carry airliner-style FDRs, so this headline comes across as bogus. That was the direct quote from MSNBC Television within the past few minutes. I'm not sure what recorder they're referring to, as I, too, thought that all telemetry was transmitted to Houston.
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posted on
03/19/2003 5:09:18 PM PST
by
mhking
(Let's get ready to rumble!!!!!)
To: mhking
:')
To: mhking
It's not "hardened" and I think I read that if the battery is disconnected it loses its memory. Not sure on that, though.
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posted on
03/19/2003 5:10:38 PM PST
by
jlogajan
To: mhking
all telemetry According to Oberg, there are many data streams going to many places. There are 4 PC style computers onboard. Perhaps this is one of the hard drives.
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posted on
03/19/2003 5:11:59 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(Theorems link concepts: Proofs establish links)
To: mhking
Does it indicate a hijacking?
To: CindyDawg
I though NASA said there wasn't one. Thats what I heard. But it makes sense there would be one on board.
While data continously downloads from the shuttle to the NASA computer where does that data go during a blackout? The blackout that occurs when shuttle reenters the atmosphere (or is that stratosphere?).
To: mhking
The whole shuttle is a data recorder/transmitter.
There is a subsystem that has some measurements that are not data linked to the ground.
If found intact, it may be useful.
To: cmsgop
Maybe Osama is Next!Found in Iraq. ;')
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posted on
03/19/2003 5:16:40 PM PST
by
Rocko
To: Aaron0617
They really do not suffer from the blackout problem any more. Sometimes the audio is affected and they switch to a different system and antennae. It has more to do with the location of the satellite.
We did not have satellites in the old days, and hence the blackouts when the capsule was surrounded by plasma from re-entry heating.
To: mhking
"That was the direct quote from MSNBC Television within the past few minutes."
They're just playing catch-up with CNN who ran a crawler the day of the accident saying the shuttle was traveling at the "speed of light"
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