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Challenger's "Blowtorch" -- Vanished!

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maxson@mission51l.com - 15 Nov 2007 22:29 GMT
Point out NASA's "O-ring burnthrough" in this FOIA frame, from just
after aft-sep:

<http://mission51l.com/art/explosion.jpg>

If it was there before the aft band gave way, it should have showed up
in this frame.

JTM -- www.mission51l.com
George - 16 Nov 2007 04:35 GMT
> Point out NASA's "O-ring burnthrough" in this FOIA frame, from just
> after aft-sep:
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> JTM -- www.mission51l.com

Are you suggesting that there was no o-ring burn through?

Umm, think again:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2b/Sts-33_d67_01.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9f/Sts-33_e207_01.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Sts-33_e208_01.jpg

http://media.npr.org/news/specials/shuttle_berkes/challenger_200_150.jpg

Next.

George
Derek Lyons - 16 Nov 2007 06:23 GMT
>> Point out NASA's "O-ring burnthrough" in this FOIA frame, from just
>> after aft-sep:
[quoted text clipped - 19 lines]
>
>Next.

George, JTM should be placed in your killfille and quietly forgotten.
he's a known troll.

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George - 16 Nov 2007 11:03 GMT
>>> Point out NASA's "O-ring burnthrough" in this FOIA frame, from just
>>> after aft-sep:
[quoted text clipped - 24 lines]
>
> D.

That much is obvious.  Done.

George
Jon S. Berndt - 17 Nov 2007 13:37 GMT
"George" <george@yourservice.com> wrote in message news:MNe%i.14

> That much is obvious.  Done.
>
> George

http://dayton.hq.nasa.gov/IMAGES/LARGE/GPN-2000-001422.jpg

[via: http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001422.html]
maxson@mission51l.com - 17 Nov 2007 17:51 GMT
> http://dayton.hq.nasa.gov/IMAGES/LARGE/GPN-2000-001422.jpg
>
> [via:http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001422.html]

As I've pointed out before in this forum:

1) The exit frame from the NASA camera referenced has of late been
misleadingly rotated 90 degrees CCW to imply immediate "veering."

(For photographic support, it is now quite clear that the Berndt
theory relies both exclusively and reduntantly on NASA's latest
rotational bunk. Compare with:

<http://history.nasa.gov/rogersrep/v1p33.htm>.)

2) This "enhanced" frame was selectively released from restricted-
access film, apparently to highlight a shaded arc of the right
booster's impact-loosened frustum separation ring, which is normally
about the same height as the aft stiffener rings (i.e., six inches --
as opposed to the height of the left booster's black ID band, which is
18 inches).

(Obviously the Berndt theory endorses the Rogers Commission's old ruse
of attempting to identify the exiting boosters implicitly. Compare
with:

<http://mission51l.com/art/717_45.jpg>.

In the above photo, notice that the required vertical distance of
white paint separates the top edge of the real black ID band from the
bottom edge of the left frustum's separation ring.)

JTM -- <http://mission51l.com/aboutus.htm>
Jon S. Berndt - 18 Nov 2007 01:04 GMT
maxson@mission51l.com> wrote in message news:098b0bf6-0f20-4957-87e7-

>> http://dayton.hq.nasa.gov/IMAGES/LARGE/GPN-2000-001422.jpg
>>
>> [via:http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001422.html]
>
> As I've pointed out before in this forum:

I see you haven't changed a bit. I'm shocked!  :-)

Oh, well. Have a nice Thanksgiving, John.

Jon
OM - 18 Nov 2007 08:25 GMT
>Oh, well. Have a nice Thanksgiving, John.

...Kinda ironic. Wishing a turkey running around with his head cut off
a happy Thanksgiving.

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maxson@mission51l.com - 18 Nov 2007 17:00 GMT
> max...@mission51l.com> wrote in message news:098b0bf6-0f20-4957-87e7-
<snip>
> >> [via:http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001422.html]

In fine print at the bottom of the above-linked bunk-blurb:

* Author: Michael Hahn.  Editor: Dwayne A. Day

Is this not the same Dwayne A. Day who helped lead the initial "smear
Maxson" campaign on this forum, and who later assisted Admiral Gehman
with the Columbia cover-up? Those right-wing 'think-tank' fanatics
really manage to suck up the taxpayers' NASA dollars with
disinformation hours, don't they?

JTM
OM - 16 Nov 2007 09:25 GMT
>Next.

...No, there's no "next", George. Maxson is a troll, and a psychotic
one at that. Just send him to Killfile Hell where he belongs and put
him out of our misery until the next clueless n00b comes along and
responds to his drivel. The bad news is that we can't prevent this
from occurring, and can only correct the problem after it happens. The
good news is that the senile old bastard will hopefully drop dead soon
of old age, and that'll be the end of the bullshit conspiracy theories
about Challenger once and for all.

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Stephen Malbon - 16 Nov 2007 19:41 GMT
>> Next.
>
> ...No, there's no "next", George. Maxson is a troll, and a psychotic
> one at that. Just send him to Killfile Hell where he belongs and put
How does one killfile in Mozilla Thunderbird? After many years of MS
Outlook Express on sundry Win2K PCs I've now got a shiny HP Pavillion
9000 series laptop with Vista Home Premium. I'm giving Thunderbird a go
given that I like Firefox so much.

SteveM
OM - 16 Nov 2007 21:16 GMT
>How does one killfile in Mozilla Thunderbird?

...You don't. You switch to a real newsreader like Agent, and use the
kill filters. They do quite well.

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Stephen Williams - 16 Nov 2007 21:39 GMT
>> ...No, there's no "next", George. Maxson is a troll, and a psychotic
>> one at that. Just send him to Killfile Hell where he belongs and put
> How does one killfile in Mozilla Thunderbird? After many years of MS
> Outlook Express on sundry Win2K PCs I've now got a shiny HP Pavillion
> 9000 series laptop with Vista Home Premium. I'm giving Thunderbird a go
> given that I like Firefox so much.

Two ways:

While viewing the message, select Tools-->Message Filters, or

Select the message in question then select

 Message->Create Filter From Message

Near the bottom.

Either way, this gives you the dialogs needed to edit and activate
your filter.
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Craig Fink - 16 Nov 2007 21:57 GMT
> Message was signed with unknown key 0xCD9BDE29.
> The validity of the signature cannot be verified....

and verify the validity of the signature? Where is the key? Like a How to
get the keys?
Stephen Malbon - 17 Nov 2007 12:06 GMT
.>
> While viewing the message, select Tools-->Message Filters, or
>
> Select the message in question then select
>
>   Message->Create Filter From Message
Thanks :-)
Craig Fink - 17 Nov 2007 12:48 GMT
> .>
>> While viewing the message, select Tools-->Message Filters, or
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>>   Message->Create Filter From Message
> Thanks :-)

Things to consider when filter, filth and trash, off-topic, conspiracy ...
whatever criteria you want.

Me, Challenger is on-topic, even talking about a blowtorch, it's the filth
and trash I don't care to read.
André, PE1PQX - 16 Nov 2007 22:26 GMT
Na rijp beraad schreef Stephen Malbon :

>>> Next.
>>
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>
> SteveM

Just ignore him/her and it will stop...
this idiot thinks in conspiracy all the time I think....
Craig Fink - 16 Nov 2007 22:32 GMT
John Maxson is not a troll, I didn't see the entire thing. But, I do know he
was invited to post here, please be Courteous to him.
André, PE1PQX - 17 Nov 2007 07:07 GMT
Na rijp beraad schreef Craig Fink :
> John Maxson is not a troll, I didn't see the entire thing. But, I do know he
> was invited to post here, please be Courteous to him.

Then let him stop with this nonsense...
The cause of STS-51L failure has been investigated, and he thinks they
covered it up....
Craig Fink - 17 Nov 2007 09:55 GMT
> Na rijp beraad schreef Craig Fink :
>> John Maxson is not a troll, I didn't see the entire thing. But, I do know
>> he was invited to post here, please be Courteous to him.
>
> Then let him stop with this nonsense...

This is Usenet, John Maxson can post here, he is generally on-topic, talking
about the Shuttle, ...

This is Usenet, OM can post here, he is generally off-topic, talking about
filth and trash, ...

This is Usenet, Andre can post here, .... you choose your own posting style.

This is Usenet, ....

This is....

.... <a few years later>.......

This is Usenet, Anyone can post here, on-topic or off-topic, you choose.

> The cause of STS-51L failure has been investigated, and he thinks they
> covered it up....

If your really interested in what John Maxson has to say, then read his
book. He actually filed a lawsuit to try to stop the launch of 51-L, I wish
he had been successful. Also read the on-line critique of his book, then,
if you want to talk to John about his book, feel free, his book is about
the shuttle and it is on-topic and I'm sure John would love to talk to you
about it.

Feel free to post here, Andre, but remember John Maxson is free to post
here, OM is free to post here, ... just don't expect them to change.
OM - 17 Nov 2007 14:04 GMT
>Na rijp beraad schreef Craig Fink :
>> John Maxson is not a troll,

...Bullshit. He's a troll, and a psychotic one to boot. But then
again, considering that most people in sci.space.* have *YOU*
killfiled for being a troll, it comes as no surprise that you're
defending his long-revoked "right" to post his lies, slanders and
complete falsehoods.

>> I didn't see the entire thing. But, I do know he
>> was invited to post here, please be Courteous to him.

...f.ck him. He exhaused *ANY* courtesies years ago, Fink. Anyone here
questioning this simply needs to look up his rantings on Google
Groups. Just do a search under his last name, and you'll see
*hundreds" of reasons why he needs to be banned from Usenet for the
rest of his unnatural life. Which considering his advanced age will
hopefully be a very, *very* short period.

...As for his being "invited to post here", an invitation by a troll
to a troll does not count.

>Then let him stop with this nonsense...

...The obsessed and psychotic usually never stop. Termination of all
bodily functions is the only assured cure.

>The cause of STS-51L failure has been investigated, and he thinks they
>covered it up....

...The reason is simple: He was fired from Lockmart from his job as a
janitor, and is simply out for revenge.

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s_denes@ludens.elte.hu - 16 Nov 2007 10:24 GMT
> Are you suggesting that there was no o-ring burn through?
>
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Sts-33_e208_01.jpg

Sts 33 was after challanger, right?
How come there still is a burn-trough? I thought they did not fly until
they resolved this problem.

greetings,
D.S.
André, PE1PQX - 16 Nov 2007 15:01 GMT
s_denes@ludens.elte.hu heeft ons zojuist aangekondigd :

>> Are you suggesting that there was no o-ring burn through?
>>
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
> greetings,
> D.S.

I think the STS number is wrong. These pictures are from STS-51L.

André
Jorge R. Frank - 16 Nov 2007 23:02 GMT
André wrote:
> s_denes@ludens.elte.hu heeft ons zojuist aangekondigd :
>>
[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]
>
> I think the STS number is wrong. These pictures are from STS-51L.

They are the same mission. NASA kept using the sequential numbering
system internally. Due to mission cancellations, 51L was internally
known as STS-33 even though it was the 25th flight. After 51L, NASA
decided to return to the sequential numbering system starting with
STS-26. The internal name was STS-26R to distinguish it from the
previous STS-26. This continued through STS-33R.

This is all explained in Jenkins.
Craig Fink - 16 Nov 2007 23:13 GMT
> André wrote:
>> s_denes@ludens.elte.hu heeft ons zojuist aangekondigd :
[quoted text clipped - 26 lines]
>
> This is all explained in Jenkins.

I don't ever recall hearing 51-L referred to as STS-33, could have been...

I'd like my notes returned to me, anybody know who at NASA that I should to
ask to get my notes back? I really don't think I should bother Griffin
again.
maxson@mission51l.com - 16 Nov 2007 15:24 GMT
> <max...@mission51l.com> wrote in message
>
[quoted text clipped - 25 lines]
>
> George

Are you suggesting there was?

LOL, think again:

<http://mission51l.com/art/chuteb.jpg>

<http://mission51l.com/art/717_45.jpg>

<http://mission51l.com/art/E208_16_2.jpg>

Next?

JTM -- www.mission51l.com
Brian Gaff - 16 Nov 2007 09:29 GMT
At the risk of prolonging this apparent look to the past beyond its natural
life..

I had sufficient vision on those days to see all the footage on this, and
it was clear to me then, that the gap the hot gasses came through behaved as
it should considering the variable stresses on the joint in question.  It
appeared, vanished, then reappeared as the nozzles were controlled and the
structure flexed. Once the burn through had occurred, the loads altered and
closed the gap, or moved it to the side we were not seeing. All seemed quite
natural. Hindsight is a great thing of course, and whether one could have
aborted at some point if the burn through had been  detected  early enough,
is  a moot point. The fact is that it was not, and when it was it was just
too late.

Life is full of experiences where people come and say, 'I told you so' and
the bad decision is often hidden until it  results in you getting bitten
badly.

Brian

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> Point out NASA's "O-ring burnthrough" in this FOIA frame, from just
> after aft-sep:
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> JTM -- www.mission51l.com
 
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