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lol i taught it was teh cheatah
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The correct answer is the North American Politician Caught in Scandal (scientific name Politicum scandalus). This species is known to be capable of speeds of up to 157 backpeddles per second in cases of extreme duress.
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Russia has indicated that if need be, they are able to send up three Soyuz capsules until February to rescue the Discovery crew and perhaps to retreive the ISS crew at the expense of the US.
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quote:Originally posted by Siegfried: The correct answer is the North American Politician Caught in Scandal (scientific name Politicum scandalus). This species is known to be capable of speeds of up to 157 backpeddles per second in cases of extreme duress.
Yeah- we just had one blow his brains out at the Miami Herald yeterday after the articles on his corruption led to initements.
Though some speculate he was there to shoot the reporter....
Fortunately, no shuttle tiles or insulation foam were harmed in this tangent post.
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Yeah, I read a few years back that the shuttle uses it's heatshield side to cover any spacewalk- there's just that much debris up there zipping along that an astronaut could be killed by a small flake of gold foil.
Looking back, it's a wonder that the heatshield was never seriously damaged before the Columbia disaster.
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It isn't entirely clear in the image, or the article, but from the context I assume many or most of these are from the insulating foam, not micrometeorites or other space debris.
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quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: Looking back, it's a wonder that the heatshield was never seriously damaged before the Columbia disaster.
While not caused by damage, incorrect application of the thermal tile sealant on Atlantis in a 2000 space flight caused superheated gases to enter that shuttle's wing during re-entry. Here's an article on that incident that apparently only became public during the Columbia investigation.
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Amazing how the dangers are downplayed (which leads to public apathy, then decreased budgets, then acciadents...) My favorite bit of the article-
quote:One of the seven Atlantis astronauts, Mary Ellen Weber, said NASA never told her about the breach, which was not discovered until the shuttle had landed.
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NASA not telling astronauts things is/was pretty standard. After all, the Columbia wasn't told at all about the foam strike or that anyone had any misgivings whatsoever about the condition of the shuttle.
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Hmmm.....you'd think they could tap a satellite transmission from up there. Or just push the FOXNews sat into decaying orbit for fun...
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