Don't forget MASSIVE vibration during launch, not just air pressure... ... also suggest that piece of foam was probably partially/fully frozen (? -400F or so ?)... pretty hefty brick! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Roberts" <gr@pobox.com> > To: "SeeSat-L" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> > Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 08:46 > Subject: More Debris from ET? > > > > Just a quick thought: If one piece of debris came off the external tank, > why > > not more later in the flight (not seen on video due to camera distance)? > > When the Shuttle was going much faster, say mach 5 or mach 20? Maybe > > the air was thick enough and fast enough to accelerate a piece of foam to > > high enough speeds to damage the carbon-carbon leading edge of the wing. > > > > A question for the group: > > Is it true that the ET burns up in the earth's atmosphere and is therefore > > unlikely to provide any evidence for what happened? > > > > - George Roberts > > mailto: gr@pobox.com > > http://www.pobox.com/~gr > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' > > in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org > > http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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