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Space Shuttle Damaged After Lift-Off
NBC New York ^
| 20 May09
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Posted on 05/12/2009 11:59:02 AM PDT by buccaneer81
Space Shuttle Damaged After Lift-Off
Updated 2:47 PM EDT, Tue, 12, 20 May09
The space shuttle Atlantis suffered damage to the exterior two minutes after take-off.
Astronauts discovered a 21-inch stretch of nicks over four or give of thermal times on the right side of Atlantis.
TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: atlantis; damage; debris; nasa; shuttle; shuttleatlantis; spaceshuttle
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To: Izzy Dunne
“four or five thermal tiles” is what I guess you mean.Yep. That's a typo from NBC.
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posted on
05/12/2009 12:09:50 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: bondjamesbond
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posted on
05/12/2009 12:11:04 PM PDT
by
Mojave
(Don't blame me. I voted for McClintock.)
To: buccaneer81
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posted on
05/12/2009 12:11:14 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: Izzy Dunne
I believe they have the capability to make in-flight repairs. If for what ever reason that is not doable, I believe they have capability to go to the Space station to ride it out.
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posted on
05/12/2009 12:11:29 PM PDT
by
DAC21
To: anniegetyourgun
Well, the shuttle is a 29 year vehicle. Would you take a 29-year-old Chevy on a long, long road trip? As much as I love Chevys, I would not.
I hope this is not serious damage.
I share your concern.
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posted on
05/12/2009 12:13:13 PM PDT
by
RexBeach
("Do your duty in all things." Robert E. Lee)
To: buccaneer81; Adder
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posted on
05/12/2009 12:13:24 PM PDT
by
WVKayaker
( God said, 'Cancel Program GENESIS.' The universe ceased to exist.- Arth. C. Clarke's shortest story)
To: buccaneer81
Nothing a little duct tape can’t fix.
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posted on
05/12/2009 12:13:24 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
To: buccaneer81
up on
spaceflightnow at first glance.. It's just a flesh wound, they probably won't need to even patch.. jmho. :-)
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posted on
05/12/2009 12:13:55 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
To: edcoil
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posted on
05/12/2009 12:14:13 PM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
(Presbyterians often forget that John Knox had been a Sunday bowler.)
To: buccaneer81; Revolting cat!
I'll admit, I thought this mission was a bad idea. The Webb telescope is going up in two years. We really didn't need to fix Hubble. We should have had another mission to finish the ISS. Webb Hubble has two telescopes named after him?
I do hope that the crew is safe on their journey and mission.
I also question NASA's naming conventions (I hear they named something on the space station after Stephen Collbert).
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posted on
05/12/2009 12:14:14 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(If Liberals are so upset over torture, why did they mock John McCains stiff arms during the campaign)
To: dfwgator
They have some.
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posted on
05/12/2009 12:14:55 PM PDT
by
Mojave
(Don't blame me. I voted for McClintock.)
To: buccaneer81
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posted on
05/12/2009 12:15:43 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
To: Alex Murphy
Got some on the bottom of my foot right now.
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posted on
05/12/2009 12:16:05 PM PDT
by
cyclotic
(Boy Scouts-Developing Leaders in a World of Followers.)
To: a fool in paradise
Webb Hubble has two telescopes named after him?Good one!
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posted on
05/12/2009 12:16:08 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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posted on
05/12/2009 12:16:30 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
To: Adder
'They DO carry duct tape for that sort of thing, right? We call it duct tape and pay $2.75 a roll. NASA calls it "Metalized Self Adhesive Bonding Cloth" at it costs them $2,750 a roll.
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posted on
05/12/2009 12:16:41 PM PDT
by
Big_Monkey
(Flubama - bringing disease everywhere he goes.)
To: WVKayaker
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posted on
05/12/2009 12:17:34 PM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
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posted on
05/12/2009 12:18:10 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
To: a fool in paradise
I also question NASA's naming conventions (I hear they named something on the space station after Stephen Collbert). Well, the individuals Webb and Hubble were around before(and contributed far more to humanity than) Chelsea's dad.
As for Colbert, NASA is trying to weasel out of that debacle. They should have known this would happen. Too bad Rush didn't try to have it named for him.
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posted on
05/12/2009 12:19:15 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: ravingnutter; All
Nah, they have the same stuff McCoy used to patch up the Horta in Star Trek.
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