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What did nasa do wrong?
Why dint they do owt about the tile?
Anyone know anything else about it
Why dint they do owt about the tile?
Anyone know anything else about it
The last disaster was the Shuttle Challenger in 1986 (not 84). That blew due to a problem with the O ring on one of the SRB's (one of the big solid rocket boosters strapped to each side at launch).
Columbia and Challenger were the first space worthy Shuttles. The Enterprise was a prototype for atmosphere flight testing but didn't have the space engines fitted, and as such never went into space. After Columbia and Challenger, they built Discovery and Atlantis. Finally in about 1992, they built Endeavour. This last shuttle has larger on board fuel cells for longer duration missions i think.
Tile some times falls of anyway, but due their location and the fact that there are many more on there usually means safe return. But it might be possible that some form of object or ice, etc, fell from the main rocket fuel tank at or just after launch and did more damage than thought. It may of hit a sensitive area, where as in the past nothing sensitive has been hit by such an object. Perhaps the leading edge of the wing, rather than the underside. This may of been "just" bad enough to cause further damage during return into the atmosphere - more than the shuttle structure could take.
What could be done?
Lets not forget there is a handy space station up there now. Leave the people on that, and bring the shuttle back on remote (unmanned). Ok, I don't know if these Shuttles have full remote command from the ground - may not be poss. But in any case, the people on the space station would get supply from the Russian unmanned Progress craft, and would have the option to return in a Russian Soyuz based return vehicle. Russia can also send up more such craft, if there were to many people for one vehicle. Lets not forget this is the International Space Station.
Columbia and Challenger were the first space worthy Shuttles. The Enterprise was a prototype for atmosphere flight testing but didn't have the space engines fitted, and as such never went into space. After Columbia and Challenger, they built Discovery and Atlantis. Finally in about 1992, they built Endeavour. This last shuttle has larger on board fuel cells for longer duration missions i think.
Tile some times falls of anyway, but due their location and the fact that there are many more on there usually means safe return. But it might be possible that some form of object or ice, etc, fell from the main rocket fuel tank at or just after launch and did more damage than thought. It may of hit a sensitive area, where as in the past nothing sensitive has been hit by such an object. Perhaps the leading edge of the wing, rather than the underside. This may of been "just" bad enough to cause further damage during return into the atmosphere - more than the shuttle structure could take.
What could be done?
Lets not forget there is a handy space station up there now. Leave the people on that, and bring the shuttle back on remote (unmanned). Ok, I don't know if these Shuttles have full remote command from the ground - may not be poss. But in any case, the people on the space station would get supply from the Russian unmanned Progress craft, and would have the option to return in a Russian Soyuz based return vehicle. Russia can also send up more such craft, if there were to many people for one vehicle. Lets not forget this is the International Space Station.
Firstly, they did know about the falling piece of brittle insulation tubing. They reviewed the LO on tapes many times and decided it was safe.
This may have not been the problem.
If they had decided it was unsafe, there was nothing they could do anyway. They had already taken off.
The piece of insulation fell from the main centrifuge fuel tank, and made contact with the lower left wing section.
It is believed that from exiting the Earths stratoshphere, that the fierce pressure and radiation etc may have damaged the section even more.
Not a lot is know at this time.
In the disaster of 1984, it took over 4 months to finally come to a conclusion of what went wrong. The rubber O-Ring that ha burnt out.
It was not until another 3-4 years that Shuttle travel was continued.
This may have not been the problem.
If they had decided it was unsafe, there was nothing they could do anyway. They had already taken off.
The piece of insulation fell from the main centrifuge fuel tank, and made contact with the lower left wing section.
It is believed that from exiting the Earths stratoshphere, that the fierce pressure and radiation etc may have damaged the section even more.
Not a lot is know at this time.
In the disaster of 1984, it took over 4 months to finally come to a conclusion of what went wrong. The rubber O-Ring that ha burnt out.
It was not until another 3-4 years that Shuttle travel was continued.
There’s alwaze going to be a certain element of risk in space travel, especially coming back down to earth, apparently, its worth it. Not nice that it happened though.
you fool
unfortunate accident.
Things could have been done but who's to say that would have solved anything. An act of fate perhaps. We'll never know.
Things could have been done but who's to say that would have solved anything. An act of fate perhaps. We'll never know.
What did nasa do wrong?
Why dint they do owt about the tile?
Anyone know anything else about it
Why dint they do owt about the tile?
Anyone know anything else about it