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A great (LARGE) image from NASA
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Surfincb
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Wow, no wonder they are concerned! First i've seen that image! Pretty large chunks there!!
One is pretty big (30 inches or so long). The other two are much smaller.
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Lee Jay
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drip
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They must have used a EF-s lens on a full frame body ...
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Brian
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It turns out these were not handheld but were from a camera mounted on the orbiter. I don't know what that is in the way.
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Lee Jay
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I'm watching the press conference about these problems and I've just noticed a fourth piece of missing foam that they haven't talked about at the press conference. I hope they've all noticed it.
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Joe Hawblitzel
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Must be the window in the corner. I'm wondering what camera they use. Anyone?
Joe Hawblitzel
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The three in green are the three that NASA is mentioning in the press conference. The one is red is the one I noticed that they haven't yet mentioned.
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Lee Jay
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JohnDow
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Don't you have photoshop or any other resizing software?
Yes. But I gave you a direct link from NASA's site.
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Lee Jay
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You really need the full-res images to see the missing smaller foam pieces.
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Lee Jay
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I think the one in Red is an extension of that larger one, just running under the piping, perhaps..
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Jay S.
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Jay S.
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The large piece did not hit the shuttle. However, since this is what caused the destruction of Columbia, NASA has spent much of the last 2 years trying to prevent large pieces of foam from coming off of the tank. Since these came off and are outside the allowable size for pieces that do come off, the shuttles are again grounded until they can understand why this happened and take steps to fix that problem.
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ShudderBug
Veteran Member
I don't think it's missing foam. That's what fell off and chipped the tile surface. It is my understanding that it is the tiles that are chipped.
I noticed the clustered ones and the other white one, too. The other one is odd, looks like a lever and is different from the other chunks.
Sure hope their tile repair kit will be sufficient to patch them up.
ShudderBug
Veteran Member
and we are looking at the fuel tank or what here? Isn't it the tiles that the foam hit that are of concern? Can someone explain, pls?
Joe Hawblitzel
Veteran Member
On Columbia the foam hit the leading edge of the wing and opened a hole which allowed superheated gases to enter and destroy the wing. So far they think Discovery was not hit by any of the falling foam. The tiles are mostly on the underbelly of the shuttles and are not connected to the foam problem (so far).
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Doug Kerr
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Hi, Bug,
The cincern is that if foam comes off the External Tank, it could hit the body and damage the tiles, as happened to Challenger.
The foam that came off here did not hit the body or any tiles, but might have.
So we don't have any pictures of damaged tiles on this mission, and hopefully won't have any.
Best regards,
Doug
Yes, this is the External Fuel Tank.
The cincern is that if foam comes off the External Tank, it could hit the body and damage the tiles, as happened to Challenger.
The foam that came off here did not hit the body or any tiles, but might have.
So we don't have any pictures of damaged tiles on this mission, and hopefully won't have any.
Best regards,
Doug
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