Space Forum / Shuttle / August 2005

With regards to the gap filler problem on this flight and others...
Why doesnt NASA just install tiles that fit correctly against each other ?
Is it a cost issue? If so, how much is it costing them to trouble shoot it
now with their technical experts working OT? Is it worth the ...

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41353000/jpg/_41353973_shuttlemm_nasa_203.jpg
Anybody know where we can download a hi-res photo of that?
Cheers
Lee

Anyone read the .news group today? The entry for yesterday says, or implies
that the Gyro was moved. Not true..  tsktsk.
Brian

Enjoy,
http://members.cox.net/michaelshaffer/s1a.mov
http://members.cox.net/michaelshaffer/s1b.mov
http://members.cox.net/michaelshaffer/s2a.mov

Did NASA not plan to have the foam fall off so the Government could have a
reason to scrap Shuttles.
Its all a  game.

<http://tinyurl.com/9ts2x>
"America's credibility, its conscience and soul, stand at a crossroad.
George Bush should be thoroughly investigated by a congressional
committee or independent counsel. And, if these allegations hold true,

Christa Corrigan McAuliffe grew up in my town. She got her teaching
degree from the local college. Christa was well known and well liked.
Her parents still live here. So the loss of Challenger hit this town
hard, on a personal level.

On EVA astronauts were talking about something being lose.... "how did
that get lose?"  "nice catch".  No live video at the time. Anybody know
what happened?
-McDaniel

Anyone else think the video resolution of NASA-TV has degraded since the
digital switchover?  In particular some of the recorded video file material
looks atrocious, but even live events look less than optimal.  I'm
interested mainly in the opinions of those who viewed the analog ...

OK< I understand why people are worried about  bits poking out into the
hypersonic slipstream, boundary layer disruption etc, but does anyone know
just how the gap fillers came to be protruding in the first place? I mean,
there has been so much inspection on this mission, one ...

"Dr. Griffin, the NASA administrator, predicted Friday that the foam
problem would be quickly repaired and said engineers would consider
options that had not been tried before. But he added that the next
generation of spacecraft would place cargo and crew members atop the

I've been reading that manual I  had the link to and one thing is a bit
vague to me.
They make great store of the fact that the Shuttle is only supported by the
tank, and the tank is supported by the SRBs, and the SRBs are bolted down.

     I've been in the debate about capsules vs. shuttles. I just want to
know when was the last fatal accident in a capsule.
John

Russia plans its first lunar fly-by mission
Soviet-era 'Soyuz' craft would be modified for two-week mission
By Douglas Birch, Sun Foreign Staff; Originally published July 30, 2005
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-

01/08/2005 Local 19:30