Re: USA launch dustbin into space.

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:40:43 GMT, Donald McTrevor in message
<news:6Ge.15585$Fx3.6098@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> "Alex Heney" <me8@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ftmjernjjen8.m0xy2vnvh8sm.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 16:58:49 GMT, Donald McTrevor in message
>> <news:d3PFe.20169$vv6.8163@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> "Ian Stirling" <root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:42e674d5$0$16685$ed2619ec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Donald McTrevor <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> As usual bits of the space shuttle break off at launch.
>>>>>
>>>>> Why didn't someone check there was nothing loose before
>>>>> launch?
>>>>
>>>> There are various covers designed to tear off on launch.
>>>
>>> I very much doubt that, from what I could see it looks like
>>> a few of the heat resistant tiles from the underbelly of the shuttle
>>> fell off. That would basically mean parts of the shuttle would be
>>> exposed to intense searing heat on re-entry, this would almost
>>> inevitively mean the break up of the shuttle on re-entry.
>>> Glad I am not on it.
>>
>> First, you don't know it was any of those tiles.
>
> There is video footage of a tile (or tiles) falling off.

I have also seen an article in today's times saying there is damage to the
heat shield tiles.

>>
>> Second, I believe that every time a shuttle has gone up, a few of those
>> tiles have been missing.
>>
>> Whether the one that broke up on re-entry had *too many* missing, or
>> whether it was something else, I don't know.
>
> Well you will know if it burns up on re-entry,seems like NASA don't
> go in for non-destructive testing.
>

They claim in the Times article that it isn't serious.

there is also a diagram showing the sites of all the damage there has been
to those tiles during take off in shuttle missions. There are a *lot* of
them.

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