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Hoot Gibson and STS-27
If you get a chance, take a look at this month's Air & Space magazine.
There's an article on Hoot Gibson. What's very interesting is he reveals a detail of STS-27 I wasn't aware of. 85 seconds into the flight part of the nosecap from the right-hand SRB broke off and smashed into the wing. There was a lot of damage to the tiles under the wing and he feared the damage was far worse than what ground control was telling him. Upon landing he saw the damage and describes it as "massive". He apparently believes that NASA should have started to develop an on-orbit patch kit after STS-27. Anyway, interesting article. -- Greg Moore Ask me about lily, an RPI based CMC. |
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Hoot Gibson and STS-27
On Mar 21, 12:31*am, "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)"
wrote: If you get a chance, take a look at this month's Air & Space magazine. There's an article on Hoot Gibson. What's very interesting is he reveals a detail of STS-27 I wasn't aware of. 85 seconds into the flight part of the nosecap from the right-hand SRB broke off and smashed into the wing. *There was a lot of damage to the tiles under the wing and he feared the damage was far worse than what ground control was telling him. Upon landing he saw the damage and describes it as "massive". *He apparently believes that NASA should have started to develop an on-orbit patch kit after STS-27. Anyway, interesting article. -- Greg Moore Ask me about lily, an RPI based CMC. Old news. Was brought up during CAIB Go to NASASpaceflight.com, there are detailed photos and a thread on this. |
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Hoot Gibson and STS-27
On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:31:17 -0400, "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)"
wrote: If you get a chance, take a look at this month's Air & Space magazine. There's an article on Hoot Gibson. What's very interesting is he reveals a detail of STS-27 I wasn't aware of. 85 seconds into the flight part of the nosecap from the right-hand SRB broke off and smashed into the wing. There was a lot of damage to the tiles under the wing and he feared the damage was far worse than what ground control was telling him. Upon landing he saw the damage and describes it as "massive". He apparently believes that NASA should have started to develop an on-orbit patch kit after STS-27. Anyway, interesting article. That's what led to the U-2 overflights during launch. Brian |
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Hoot Gibson and STS-27
On Mar 21, 7:40*am, wrote:
On Mar 21, 12:31*am, "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" wrote: If you get a chance, take a look at this month's Air & Space magazine. There's an article on Hoot Gibson. What's very interesting is he reveals a detail of STS-27 I wasn't aware of. 85 seconds into the flight part of the nosecap from the right-hand SRB broke off and smashed into the wing. *There was a lot of damage to the tiles under the wing and he feared the damage was far worse than what ground control was telling him. Upon landing he saw the damage and describes it as "massive". *He apparently believes that NASA should have started to develop an on-orbit patch kit after STS-27. Anyway, interesting article. -- Greg Moore Ask me about lily, an RPI based CMC. Old news. *Was brought up during CAIB Go to NASASpaceflight.com, there are detailed photos *and a thread on this.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - not old news. it's in this month's magazine. |
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"bighard9inch" wrote in message
... On Mar 21, 7:40 am, wrote: Old news. Was brought up during CAIB Go to NASASpaceflight.com, there are detailed photos and a thread on this.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - not old news. it's in this month's magazine. Charlie was pointing out that this month's magazine is old news. The CAIB came out a couple of years ago. -- Greg Moore Ask me about lily, an RPI based CMC. |
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Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote:
"bighard9inch" wrote in message ... On Mar 21, 7:40 am, wrote: Old news. Was brought up during CAIB Go to NASASpaceflight.com, there are detailed photos and a thread on this.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - not old news. it's in this month's magazine. Charlie was pointing out that this month's magazine is old news. The CAIB came out a couple of years ago. Where "a couple" means "five and a half"... |
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"Jorge R. Frank" wrote in message
news Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote: "bighard9inch" wrote in message ... On Mar 21, 7:40 am, wrote: Old news. Was brought up during CAIB Go to NASASpaceflight.com, there are detailed photos and a thread on this.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - not old news. it's in this month's magazine. Charlie was pointing out that this month's magazine is old news. The CAIB came out a couple of years ago. Where "a couple" means "five and a half"... Hmm, has it been that long. They say when you get old the memory is the 2nd thing to go. I can't remember what the first thing is. -- Greg Moore Ask me about lily, an RPI based CMC. |
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Hoot Gibson and STS-27
I don't see this as old news at all. Gehman may have provided a
factual report on STS-27, but they fell way short in communicating the severe emotion that was coupled with the damage. I'd say the obvious conclusion is that NASA had no excuse for not having a rescue or repair plan for STS-107. And all flights between 1988-2003. Here's an online version for anyone who hasn't seen it: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttl...9/090327sts27/ ~ CT From Greg Moo "Jorge R. Frank" wrote in messagenewsdOdnfK38eLK8lDUnZ2dnUVZ_tmdnZ2d@gigan ews.com... Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote: "bighard9inch" wrote in message ... On Mar 21, 7:40 am, wrote: Old news. Was brought up during CAIB Go to NASASpaceflight.com, there are detailed photos and a thread on this.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - not old news. it's in this month's magazine. Charlie was pointing out that this month's magazine is old news. The CAIB came out a couple of years ago. Where "a couple" means "five and a half"... Hmm, has it been that long. They say when you get old the memory is the 2nd thing to go. I can't remember what the first thing is. -- Greg Moore Ask me about lily, an RPI based CMC. |
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Hoot Gibson and STS-27
On Mar 31, 2:31�am, wrote:
I don't see this as old news at all. �Gehman may have provided a factual report on STS-27, but they fell way short in communicating the severe emotion that was coupled with the damage. �I'd say the obvious conclusion is that NASA had no excuse for not having a rescue or repair plan for STS-107. �And all flights between 1988-2003. Here's an online version for anyone who hasn't seen it:http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttl...9/090327sts27/ ~ CT From Greg Moo "Jorge R. Frank" wrote in messagenewsdOdnfK38eLK8lDUnZ2dnUVZ_tmdnZ2d@gigan ews.com... Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote: "bighard9inch" wrote in message ... On Mar 21, 7:40 am, wrote: Old news. Was brought up during CAIB Go to NASASpaceflight.com, there are detailed photos and a thread on this.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - not old news. it's in this month's magazine. Charlie was pointing out that this month's magazine is old news. �The CAIB came out a couple of years ago. Where "a couple" means "five and a half"... Hmm, has it been that long. �They say when you get old the memory is the 2nd thing to go. I can't remember what the first thing is. -- Greg Moore Ask me about lily, an RPI based CMC.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - yeah my shuttle stuck at station was clearly possible since this flight. why did nasa basically ignore it? fear it wasnt fixable and would end the shuttle program permanetely? clearly so soon after challenger shuttle would of been grounded permanetely...... |
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