[FPSPACE] 12 - 18 inch object breaks away from Discovery ????

[Keith Gottschalk]

    Oops. We do recall.  We also recall the report into the Columbia
tragedy, which said that every remaining shuttle flight must be treated
as an experimental flight, not as a routine flight.

    Sounds like time to speedily repeat that robotic arm scan of all
leading edges, then the rest of the TPS.
And to nurse oxygen, & CO2-scrubber supplies in the meantime.
Keith

>>> "Jim Oberg" <jeoberg at comcast.net> 06/13/08 2:54 PM >>>

>This is definitely getting our attention.
>
>I doubt there is any main engine ice left in the aft areas, two weeks
into 
>the flight.
>
>Recall that the wing leading edge fragment on columbia drifted loose
>on the second day of its flight but was NOT observed -- and only
>detected post-disaster with analysis of radar returns.

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