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Columbia Shuttle Question
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 20:09:31 -0400
------ Forwarded Message From: Bob Hinden <hinden () IPRG nokia com> Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 09:10:43 -0700 To: dave () farber net Cc: hinden () IPRG nokia com Subject: Columbia Shuttle Question Dave, I have a question that has been bothering me since the investigation started that I have not seen an answer. If NASA suspected there might be some damage to the tiles from the liftoff, why didn't they do a space walk and inspect the outside of the shuttle directly? They might not have been able to fix it, but at least they could have known to not try a reentry. Maybe go to the space station. I just read a news article: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=68&ncid=68&e=2&u=/nyt/200306 28/ts_nyt/nasasnewchargeshuttlerepairinspace that talks about using satellites to look at the shuttle, but they seem to be ignoring using the people in the shuttle. It does, after all, have people in it and they have spacesuits .... Bob ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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