[Vwdiesel] Rabbit droppings --OT ----( The Discovery take off ? )
LBaird119@aol.com
LBaird119 at aol.com
Tue Aug 2 15:51:01 EDT 2005
> NASA ignored damage to heat tiles on take-off ---for 16 days ?
> ----(STUPID)
Somehow I don't see hundreds of man-hours of studying all availavable
video footage or running several test firings of foam launched at panels
as ignoring. NOT undocking and doing a rollover to actually, visually
inspect
the wing does seem stupid though.
>
> NASA does a "Test" flight with 7 on board ? --(STUPID) -----------I can go
> on and on-
>
How is a launch of a tested and "proven" vehicle a "test flight" simply
because
the insualtion had been redesigned? The insulation that was redesigned
managed to make dozens of safe flights prior to the big uh-oh chunk falling
off. Falling tiles, loose packing and pieces of insulation have been
happening
since day one. They're just paranoid about it now. For fairly good reason.
>
>
> The good part of all this ? ----Even in space we need Hagars and Luke
> Skywalkers.------
> Heil Hillbillies.
>
Watch Apollo 13 or remember the original event. The "hillbillies" are in
Houston and Florida. All EVA's are practiced on the ground many times
after a group of people brainstorm, investigate and follow through on ideas
to solve the problem. The guys in space, regardless of abilities and ideas,
simply follow the step by step instructions that are given to them after
hundreds of people make sure it's going to work right the first try with
materials onboard.
Loren (Tired of the NASA bashing)
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