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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 02:36 AM Original message |
BBC: Foam 'Might Have Struck Shuttle' |
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ls317 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. Safe Return |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 02:43 AM Response to Original message |
2. This is incredible... |
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Rufus T. Firefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 02:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Heard a NASA guy tonight. |
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booksenkatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 05:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Give 'em a break... they only had $1B to spend on |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 06:46 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Doesn't look like money well spend, that's for sure. |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 06:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Only $130 million was spent on the foam though. |
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booksenkatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 07:27 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Then I'd guess that there's some misrepresentation somewhere |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 10:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
32. NASA spent a lot of the money developing a way to inspect and repair tiles |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 07:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. You may have hit the nail on the head |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 02:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Here's my post from yesterday on why this keeps happening |
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Andromeda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 02:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. Foam, which was also responsible for the Columbia ... |
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LosinIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 02:56 AM Response to Original message |
6. This launch was all about DIVERSION |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 03:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I fear that NASA under Bushco is back to its worst habits and practices |
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cmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 08:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. I think you are right |
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Emperor_Norton_II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 01:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. Of course. |
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LosinIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 11:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. OK, check back here when the truth comes out about WH pressure to launch |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
9. Is it my imagination or does the news about the shuttle get |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 06:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Well, it definitely got worse. |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 09:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
29. I'm sorry, but |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
11. I refuse to believe that Nasa has become F Troop in space. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 06:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. And if they do survive, we can call it "Get Smart" in space... |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 07:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Let's just blame KAOS. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
18. NASA.. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 11:11 AM Response to Reply #18 |
33. nteresting |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 01:19 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. That wasn't exactly .. |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
19. Let the PR escalation begin! |
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QuettaKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 08:21 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. my solution..... |
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cmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 08:24 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Was that you on C-Span? |
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QuettaKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 08:25 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. no...why did someone else say that!?!? |
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cmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 08:29 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. He didn't say fish net, but did suggest a net |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 11:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
44. Or a big nylon stocking |
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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
25. was this mission rushed by Bush? |
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ladeuxiemevoiture (668 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
26. What's really scary is the mass of it this time is only half of last time |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
27. Two former NASA engineers on CNN this a.m. were quite concerned -- |
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speedingbullet (133 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
28. Seems Familiar |
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Gyre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
30. ALERT: Acorn falls off of oak tree! |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 10:12 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Q: Was a piece of foam really jeopardizing the shuttle? |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 03:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. You could ask the crews of the Challenger and Columbia shuttles |
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Kraklen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. But Columbia did blow up because of a piece of foam. |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
35. Totally ridiculous - shuttle program should be SCRAPPED |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 03:27 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. The Apollo I capsule caught on fire while on the ground killing 3... |
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Emperor_Norton_II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
37. One point for the paranoid. |
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marylanddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 01:55 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. yeah, trust the engineers |
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Emperor_Norton_II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 02:04 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Trust the photographs, then. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-05 05:47 AM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Before you make accusations, how about some evidence? |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-05 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
45. Well, it seems like someone is having a bad week |
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