Somewhat speculative info:
I heard on ABC news this afternoon that there had been
some external fuel tank insulation knocked off during
launch of the Columbia, and it had impacted the wing
surface or some such on I think the left side. Then
there's a report of a temperature variation in the
same wing during the early reentry period.
The news report said that since the mission didn't
have the mech arm they couldn't inspect the wing
during the mission, but used instead video footage of
the launch to determine that there wasn't any damage.
Perhaps, unfortunately, it was worse after the
vibrations of launch?
-- Frank
--- Philip Pemberton <philpem_at_dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
> David Holland wrote:
> > Found on the Sun rescue list..
> >
> > http://www.space.com/shuttlemissions/
> >
> > A little more data, but not much..
> OK, for you Brits with SkyDigital, Sky News are
> covering the story live. For
> the American readers of this list, FOX News are
> covering the story.
> Info on www.sky.com/news and www.foxnews.com.
>
> Later.
> --
> Phil.
> philpem_at_dsl.pipex.com
> http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/
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