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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Siegfried: [QB] According to the technical briefing, the day after the launch NASA technical analysts and outside-of-the-agency experts reviewed the footage of the insulation striking the Columbia. The consensus was that any damage that might have occurred from the impact was minor and not a safety-of-flight issue. Reviewing the footage and doing a lot of analyses was the best they could do. The Shuttle Program Manager made it quite clear that using telescopes to examine the damage would probably be useful based on a previous time they had tried to do so (when the drag chute door fell during launch a few years ago). In addition, the Columbia wasn't equipped for the kind of spacewalk that would be necessary to examine the underside of the wing. And in addition to that, it's apparently impossible with the present technology to do a tile replacement in space. While you can point to specific fault and say "they should have known" with the Challenger's o-ring, I think it's premature at this point to do so. On another note, my roommate and I (and probably his girlfriend) are going to be leaving flowers at the front gate of the Johnson Space Center. The news stations have said a makeshift memorial has been set up there, and we very much want to show our support for the families. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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