Astronauts space walk all the time. Why can't/dont' they do an inspection while they are up there? Especially in this case where it was known that debris had his the spacecraft during liftoff.
George A ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronn! Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 7:24 AM Subject: RE: Shuttle > At 11:08 AM 2/1/03 -0500, Gary L. Nunn wrote: > > > > > > They're now showing footage of a large piece of debris from > > > the external tank hitting the Orbiter wing during launch. > > > Rich > > > >Has anyone said if NASA had the shuttle visually inspected for damage > >before re-entry ? > > > By now you may have heard (in response to that question by a reporter at > the press conference) that they didn't. > > Part of the answer: > > (1) On a prior STS flight when there was concern over possible lost tiles, > attempts were made with ground-base telescopes� were made to look for > damage, but they could not tell anything from the observations, so no > attempts were made on this mission. > > (2) Had such damage been detected, there was nothing they could have done. > > > _____ > �From my experience, some of the telescopes used to track satellites are > capable of 10-cm resolution at LEO altitude. > > > -- Ronn! :) > > Ronn Blankenship > Instructor of Astronomy/Planetary Science > University of Montevallo > Montevallo, AL > > Disclaimer: Unless specifically stated otherwise, any opinions contained > herein are the personal opinions of the author and do not represent the > official position of the University of Montevallo. > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
