Sat Aug 11, 2007 4:18 am
Darn just heard on the 2am news there's some pieces on the shuttle missing. Hope it's not serious.
John
John
Sat Aug 11, 2007 1:31 pm
EDowning wrote:Bill Greenwood wrote:I just saw that on the news also. Climbs pretty good. Talk about a smoker, wonder what the carbon footprint of that thing is?
Any warbird pilot that even utters the phase "carbon footprint" should be on the look out for a lightning bolt from above. It is the height of hypocrisy.
I am often amazed by people who come to my hangar and admire the Skyraider, other warbirds, and even the muscle cars, but have to make a comment about my gas guzzling, carbon producing, H2 Hummer.
I am totally consistent, I am doing my part to solve our oil dependence, I have noticed that only when faced with a total lack of a certain resource, does the innovation of the U.S. kick in and solve the problem. I am going use all of the existing oil and gas, and hasten the move to an acceptable alternative. Each of us has a civic duty to help in some way. This is just my small contribution.
Eric,
Good call. Count me in!
Sat Aug 11, 2007 3:18 pm
Of course I believe in Hybrid Cars.... I think everyone else should own one!
Sat Aug 11, 2007 3:23 pm
I hope for a nice safe return of the crew.
Sat Aug 11, 2007 10:29 pm
JohnH wrote:Darn just heard on the 2am news there's some pieces on the shuttle missing. Hope it's not serious.
John
Can you say MEDIA HYPE?
Thankfully, it's not missing anything. There is a "gouge" (as the MCC Director called it) that has been found on the underside of the shuttle in the vicinity of what is believed to be an Ice strike (although as of yesterday they weren't sure if it was ice or not, but it was the most likely cause). They are unsure the depth of the gouge so they have no real idea if it's anything or not and this was stressed at least 4 times during the briefing. They will not know how much of a hit the TPS took until tomorrow when they use the OBSS to make a detailed survey (and laser-generated 3D mapping) of the gouge and any other areas they're interested in to see if there's any damage that will require repair. He also made the point that impacts like this have happened in the past and been nothing, stressing again that until they know more, they just aren't sure that there's really anything because the images they have are not very good for determining how deep the gouge really is.