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Atlantis flawlessly roars into space
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Posted on 9/9/2006, 4:49:10 PM by ableLight

Atlantis safely reached low earth orbit this morning but debris was seen hitting vehicle; NASA is investigating to see if there is any danger to crew.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


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Here we go again?
1 posted on 9/9/2006, 4:49:11 PM by ableLight
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To: ableLight

NASA really pushed this one. They didn't want to want until October to launch.


2 posted on 9/9/2006, 4:51:32 PM by lilylangtree
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To: ableLight

Bump


3 posted on 9/9/2006, 4:51:42 PM by Larry Lucido
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To: ableLight

Why is this system allowed to fly?

Put the crew capsule on top of the rocket where it belongs.


4 posted on 9/9/2006, 4:51:55 PM by BigBobber
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To: BigBobber

They should go back to the old foam mixture.


5 posted on 9/9/2006, 4:53:12 PM by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† | Iran Azadi | SONY: 5yst3m 0wn3d, N0t Y0urs | UN: Useless Nations)
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To: lilylangtree

I don't think a faulty fuel cell sensor issue [which was the problem causing the delays] has anything to do with debris hitting the shuttle.


6 posted on 9/9/2006, 4:55:03 PM by Clara Lou (Only a fool creates ill will unnecessarily.)
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To: ableLight
B.S.

What part of "NO DYNAMIC PRESSURE" do you people not understand. This "Event," the size of the shedding not yet determined, took place 4 minutes into flight, well above the bulk of the atmosphere, therefore NO AIR PRESSURE, no "wind" to slam shedded foam against a Carbon-Carbon wing leading-edge plate, for example. It just floats away, left behind by the accelerating vessel.

7 posted on 9/9/2006, 4:55:34 PM by Prospero (Ad Astra!)
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To: sionnsar
They should go back to the old foam mixture.

Agreement bump.

8 posted on 9/9/2006, 4:55:51 PM by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: BigBobber
Why is this system allowed to fly?

Don't have much exposure to bureaucrats in CYA mode, do you?

9 posted on 9/9/2006, 4:55:55 PM by Jim Noble (Something is happening here but you don't know what it is, do you, Mr. Jones?)
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To: ableLight
Let me be the first to post the usual FR hysteria...

They're all gonna die!!


10 posted on 9/9/2006, 4:57:33 PM by TomServo ("Uh, Donner, party of three please.")
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To: ableLight

And quit listening and obeying the commands of the enviro-whackos who care nothing for humanity and all for their own petty causes.

Debris is caused by improper foam used ONLY to appease those same uncaring useful idiots.

We can't lay all the blame on the clintonista regime that forced these rules --- our so-called conservatives in power (??) are crawling right along still appeasing them.


11 posted on 9/9/2006, 4:58:13 PM by TimesDomain (When a judge declares himself "MASTER", you become his "SLAVE")
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To: Prospero

"you people"


We're not worthy! We're not worthy!


12 posted on 9/9/2006, 4:59:12 PM by leadpenny
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To: TomServo
Let me be the first to post the usual FR hysteria... They're all gonna die!!

Unfortunately, NASA treated the problem of falling debris for years in the same manner you have here. And we have seven dead astronauts as a result.

13 posted on 9/9/2006, 4:59:19 PM by dirtboy (This tagline has been photoshopped)
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To: lilylangtree

Can you imagine all the thing that go wrong after lighting hit the pad. The shuttle is loaded with all kinds of electronics. This one is risky to say the least.


14 posted on 9/9/2006, 4:59:30 PM by Orange1998
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To: Prospero
What part of "NO DYNAMIC PRESSURE" do you people not understand.

What part of the delicacy of the thermal tiles do you not understand?

There is a very simple answer to the problem here - go back to the old foam. But NASA won't do that.

15 posted on 9/9/2006, 5:00:21 PM by dirtboy (This tagline has been photoshopped)
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To: Prospero

Well, the orbiter is accelerating and the debris is not, so it does not float away relative to the orbiter, but the orbiter is rather slammed into it. Someone here will know what the delta V is over the distance traveled between the debris and the leading edge.


16 posted on 9/9/2006, 5:00:53 PM by Starrgaizr
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To: lilylangtree
NASA really pushed this one. They didn't want to want until October to launch.

The family members of the crew need to get an attorney right now to stop the avalanche of bad decisions made by NASA. The crew members are canon fodder if the experts at NASA let this wreck of a shuttle continue its mission with external damage - like it has encountered every other launch after they changed the tile glue in order to satisfy the econuts.

17 posted on 9/9/2006, 5:01:13 PM by x_plus_one (Muslim immigration breaks democracy into a self-defeating system .)
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To: dirtboy

Didja read the CNN article at the link provided? It might affect your response.


18 posted on 9/9/2006, 5:01:31 PM by Clara Lou (Only a fool creates ill will unnecessarily.)
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To: ableLight

currentlyn on the CNN site..

Atlantis blasts off on 'flawless' day
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/09/09/space.shuttle.ap/index.html

The space shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on schedule Saturday morning. Some debris was seen striking the orbiter, but that happened after the danger period and should pose no threat, NASA said. "What you saw today was a flawless count, a majestic launch," said NASA Administrator Michael Griffin.


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Welcome to FR


19 posted on 9/9/2006, 5:02:11 PM by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ......Help the "Pendleton 8' and families -- http://www.freerepublic.com/~normsrevenge/)
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To: KevinDavis

ping


20 posted on 9/9/2006, 5:02:29 PM by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet-prayers for the kidnapped Israeli Soldiers)
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