NASA grounds shuttle fleet

[mcvickj]

"KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida (CNN) -- There will be no more shuttle launches until NASA engineers determine the effect of debris that fell from the shuttle Discovery during blastoff Tuesday, said Bill Parsons, space shuttle program manager."

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/07/27/space.shuttle/index.html

 

[booger711]

uh okay, announce that after the launch

 

[mcvickj]

Originally posted by: booger711
uh okay, announce that after the launch

Read the story. One of the cameras found a piece of debris falling off the external fuel tank during the launch.

 

[Batti]

Bill Parsons? Isn't that the Go Daddy guy?

 

[everman]

Stuff falls off all the time, it's normal. The piece that fell off the tank did not make contact with the orbiter.
Things falling off is nothing new. Yes it's always cause for concern, but I think the media is overhyping every little thing a bit too much.

 

[Brian23]

A guy had a piece of earwax fall not dikity-six minutes ago.

 

[FeuerFrei]

yeah, why ground the fleet when one's in orbit?
not like they launch three shuttles at once.

 

[Omegachi]

Originally posted by: everman
Yes it's always cause for concern, but I think the media is overhyping every little thing a bit too much.

thats nothing new

 

[Yossarian]

kinda makes you hope the crew doesn't have internet access from space.

Commander gets up in the morning, flips on his computer to check the news... "WTF the fleet is grounded!!?!?!!"

 

[RedCOMET]

Originally posted by: Yossarian
kinda makes you hope the crew doesn't have internet access from space.

Commander gets up in the morning, flips on his computer to check the news... "WTF the fleet is grounded!!?!?!!"

Those nasa guys, real crack scientist and engineers, yeah, ok, i think they should come to work on sat.... tps reports and all..

 

[Printer Bandit]

I wonder if NASA engineers and scientists ever lose their jobs after mishaps.

 

[Demo24]

one of the fuel tanks hit a bird

 

[bernse]

Originally posted by: everman
Stuff falls off all the time, it's normal. The piece that fell off the tank did not make contact with the orbiter.
Things falling off is nothing new. Yes it's always cause for concern, but I think the media is overhyping every little thing a bit too much.

Just because was considered normal in the past doesn't make it acceptable now. The media didn't ground it, the director did. Give the folks at Nasa a bit of credit. Nobody wants to see these things fly more than they do. I'd be willing to be they no a wee bit more of what is acceptable and isn't than anyone posting on this board.
*edit spelling*

 

[Pheran]

They should ground the damn things permanently. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for space exploration, both manned and unmanned. But the space shuttle is an aging piece of junk that never did what it was supposed to in the first place (be reusable). For a very nice essay on this, see:

http://www.sixdemonbag.org/shuttle.html

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: Pheran
They should ground the damn things permanently. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for space exploration, both manned and unmanned. But the space shuttle is an aging piece of junk that never did what it was supposed to in the first place (be reusable). For a very nice essay on this, see:

http://www.sixdemonbag.org/shuttle.html

My eyes died looking at that page. WTF! Blue on black.

 

[Pheran]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: Pheran
They should ground the damn things permanently. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for space exploration, both manned and unmanned. But the space shuttle is an aging piece of junk that never did what it was supposed to in the first place (be reusable). For a very nice essay on this, see:

http://www.sixdemonbag.org/shuttle.html

My eyes died looking at that page. WTF! Blue on black.

I have no idea what you're talking about. It's a perfectly readable light-grey on black for me, in both Firefox and IE.

 

[FreshPrince]

Originally posted by: everman
Stuff falls off all the time, it's normal. The piece that fell off the tank did not make contact with the orbiter.
Things falling off is nothing new. Yes it's always cause for concern, but I think the media is overhyping every little thing a bit too much.

that same piece of foam cause the last shuttle to blow up?

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: Omegachi

Originally posted by: everman
Yes it's always cause for concern, but I think the media is overhyping every little thing a bit too much.

thats nothing new

they would never do that

 

[emmpee]

Originally posted by: FreshPrince

Originally posted by: everman
Stuff falls off all the time, it's normal. The piece that fell off the tank did not make contact with the orbiter.
Things falling off is nothing new. Yes it's always cause for concern, but I think the media is overhyping every little thing a bit too much.

that same piece of foam cause the last shuttle to blow up?

Try READING. This piece did NOT hit the shuttle. The last shuttle "blew up" because a piece of foam HIT the shuttle.