On Sat, 8 Feb 2003 07:15:49 +1300, you ("Robert Holdsworth" <robbonz1@xtra.co.nz>) wrote: >I remember hearing it mentioned on NASA-TV and as I recall it you are >correct. >But bear in mind that we were also told (probably round the same time!) >that the damage was not significant........ Uhm, no. AFAIC we were told that it wasn't _considered_ significant. And I would absolutely agree to that assessment. Evaluating the ET debris impact of that one piece could not have come to the conclusion that there was substantial damage to the left wing that would result in loss of vehicle upon reentry. Even at this point, knowing what we have learned by now, it is extremely difficult to make a connection between that one piece and the symptoms that showed up during reentry. There's a lot things in there that simply do not make sense. The chances that that one piece was the root cause are, as far as I'm concerned, marginal. CU! Markus ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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