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Pictures of possible crack in Columbia's wing while in space

This article from CNN about a piece of debris hitting and possibly damaging the wheel housing looks a lot more likely to me.

Just jives with everything NASA has been saying about temperature buildups in the wheel housing, loss of tire pressure, etc.
 
Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: SaltBoy
Okay, that picture is WAY out of context.
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Out of context how?
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Okay, bad use of the English language. I meant to say is that it doesn't really show WHERE on the left wing the supposed cracks are. Maybe I missed it. 😕

 
Originally posted by: SaltBoy
Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: SaltBoy
Okay, that picture is WAY out of context.
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Out of context how?
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Okay, bad use of the English language. I meant to say is that it doesn't really show WHERE on the left wing the supposed cracks are. Maybe I missed it. 😕
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Oh, ok. That makes much more sense 😀

 
Originally posted by: Queasy
This article from CNN about a piece of debris hitting and possibly damaging the wheel housing looks a lot more likely to me.

Just jives with everything NASA has been saying about temperature buildups in the wheel housing, loss of tire pressure, etc.
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the temp went up on the wing first, then in the wheel housing (as the burning spread).

Hopefully they'll make the shuttle's museum pieces now and make some smaller, less expensive, cutting edge ships to transport people to space. The cargo can all be sent via old fashioned rockets. Cheaper and less risk.
 
I would highly recommend that you click on the cute Italian "bird" on the left side of that page....you won't regret it.......

The one that says Scopri Veline.....the ad keeps changing :Q
 
This is such a bunch of bullsh!t.

http://www.maarivenglish.com/

Even if NASA knew about the damage from the moment it happened, they could have done nothing except pray. ---- COMPLETE BULLSH!T!!!!

I mean, when it's your life on the line, you don't just say "eh, that crack ain't so bad, I bet it'll stand up to the resistance and pressure of 24 times the speed of sound"

@@, this angers me!
 
One thing I did hear from a nasa engineer is that it is impossible to check the bottom of the space shuttle on a spacewalk because there are no handholds, but if they did see major damage I suppose they could dock with the ISS until another shuttle could pick them up or something....
 
Originally posted by: Blieb
This is such a bunch of bullsh!t.

http://www.maarivenglish.com/

Even if NASA knew about the damage from the moment it happened, they could have done nothing except pray. ---- COMPLETE BULLSH!T!!!!

I mean, when it's your life on the line, you don't just say "eh, that crack ain't so bad, I bet it'll stand up to the resistance and pressure of 24 times the speed of sound"

@@, this angers me!
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If NASA truly knew about it, they wouldn't have just crossed their fingers and prayed. Not when there are 7 human lives, millions of dollars, and untold amount of bad publicity at stake. The best solution would have been a rendevous with the space station until they could be retrieved. (At least, that's my opinion...not sure about the logistics with air, water, and all that. I assume the shuttle would have enough to sustain them for a good while longer than their mission plan for just such emergencies?)
 
lol, that was about the fakest pic I've ever seen. If some outlandish ltalian web site picked this picture up and it was factual don't you think it would be on every single god d**m domestic news station 24hrs a day? I'm people are so gulible.

I just went to CNN and they have a someone realistic looking pic that doesn't show big gaping cracks that you think the somewhat smart people at nasa would have picked up on? Somewhat realistic CNN pics under "Gallery"
 
Originally posted by: Jmman
I would highly recommend that you click on the cute Italian "bird" on the left side of that page....you won't regret it.......

The one that says Scopri Veline.....the ad keeps changing :Q
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Perchè? Non ti capisco.
 
Originally posted by: Jmman
I would highly recommend that you click on the cute Italian "bird" on the left side of that page....you won't regret it.......

The one that says Scopri Veline.....the ad keeps changing :Q
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:Q😛:Q
 
Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: Blieb
This is such a bunch of bullsh!t.

http://www.maarivenglish.com/

Even if NASA knew about the damage from the moment it happened, they could have done nothing except pray. ---- COMPLETE BULLSH!T!!!!

I mean, when it's your life on the line, you don't just say "eh, that crack ain't so bad, I bet it'll stand up to the resistance and pressure of 24 times the speed of sound"

@@, this angers me!
Click to expand...

If NASA truly knew about it, they wouldn't have just crossed their fingers and prayed. Not when there are 7 human lives, millions of dollars, and untold amount of bad publicity at stake. The best solution would have been a rendevous with the space station until they could be retrieved. (At least, that's my opinion...not sure about the logistics with air, water, and all that. I assume the shuttle would have enough to sustain them for a good while longer than their mission plan for just such emergencies?)
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If it was serious enough, they crew members could've stayed in the International Space Station, no? Do they have enough oxygen, water and supplies to sustain the crew until another shuttle comes by to pick them up?
 
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