Tile damage, suspense and politics

Did anybody think about the tile damage and the suspense it created? If I
were NASA, I would create the same FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) if I
would like funding for a new spacecraft....

;-)

Rene

Cynic.

I was interested in a Comment by Wendy in her interview the other day. She
seemed to be saying that the gap fillers wer really no problem only for the
longevity of the vehicle. In other words, I think, that a higher temperature
was acceptable, but could, in time damage the vehicle or make it expensive
to fix.

These Astronauts are obviously coached in saying very little in a roundabout
way.

I listened to her interview and initially thought it good, until I compared
it to the on orbit comments from the crew, where the same phrases kept
coming up.

Have you heard a real description of launch other than the comments
smoother than normal, smoothest I've encountered etc? Yet, if you listen to
comms on Shuttle launches, the vibration of the voices on this one were way
worse than many.

OK, so Astronauts are on duty when being interviewed, and you don't sit
there and say, it was bloody rough, or whatever, but I don't know, I'm just
a bit disappointed in the party line attitude.

Just some observations.

Brian

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"Rene Altena" wrote in message
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Did anybody think about the tile damage and the suspense it created? If I
were NASA, I would create the same FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) if I
would like funding for a new spacecraft....

;-)

Rene

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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Cynic.

I was interested in a Comment by Wendy in her interview the other day. She
seemed to be saying that the gap fillers wer really no problem only for
the longevity of the vehicle. In other words, I think, that a higher
temperature was acceptable, but could, in time damage the vehicle or make
it expensive to fix.

These Astronauts are obviously coached in saying very little in a
roundabout way.

I listened to her interview and initially thought it good, until I
compared it to the on orbit comments from the crew, where the same phrases
kept coming up.

Have you heard a real description of launch other than the comments
smoother than normal, smoothest I've encountered etc? Yet, if you listen
to comms on Shuttle launches, the vibration of the voices on this one were
way worse than many.

OK, so Astronauts are on duty when being interviewed, and you don't sit
there and say, it was bloody rough, or whatever, but I don't know, I'm
just a bit disappointed in the party line attitude.

Just some observations.

Brian

Total BS. There's no way you can say the vibrations of the voices were way
worse than many. Without telemetry from the accelerometers you don't have a
clue.

Mike Dennis wrote:

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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Cynic.


Have you heard a real description of launch other than the comments
smoother than normal, smoothest I've encountered etc? Yet, if you listen
to comms on Shuttle launches, the vibration of the voices on this one were
way worse than many.

OK, so Astronauts are on duty when being interviewed, and you don't sit
there and say, it was bloody rough, or whatever, but I don't know, I'm
just a bit disappointed in the party line attitude.

Just some observations.

Brian

Total BS. There's no way you can say the vibrations of the voices were way
worse than many. Without telemetry from the accelerometers you don't have a
clue.

I'm betting that since Brian is blind that his hearing is
just a wee bit better developed than yours, so yes, I bet
he has a clue.

JazzMan
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Mike Dennis wrote:

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
. uk...
Cynic.


Have you heard a real description of launch other than the comments
smoother than normal, smoothest I've encountered etc? Yet, if you
listen
to comms on Shuttle launches, the vibration of the voices on this one
were
way worse than many.

OK, so Astronauts are on duty when being interviewed, and you don't sit
there and say, it was bloody rough, or whatever, but I don't know, I'm
just a bit disappointed in the party line attitude.

Just some observations.

Brian

Total BS. There's no way you can say the vibrations of the voices were
way
worse than many. Without telemetry from the accelerometers you don't
have a
clue.

I'm betting that since Brian is blind that his hearing is
just a wee bit better developed than yours, so yes, I bet
he has a clue.

JazzMan

More BS. Blind people do NOT have better hearing than anyone else. They
may pay more attention to sound than the rest of us, but that's it. And
there are way way too many factors involved in the audio transmission to
even remotely infer acceleration data. About the only people's opinions I'd
respect on this are the crewmembers who have flow before, or the flight
dynamics folks. Eileen Collins, IIRC, said just the opposite in an
interview.