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NASA has decided not to repair the Shuttle. The damage is not sufficient to endanger the crew, but could cause some damage which would cost a lot to repair on earth. Not to mention the fact that space walks could be dangerous to the people and could result in more damage to the tiles.
But, it seems wise to me that this would be the best opportunity to test the ability of a tile patch. It could show not only how well it could be done, but also how well the patch would survive re-entry.

What are you thoughts?

2007-08-17 08:17:37 · 5 answers · asked by justaskn 4 in Science & Mathematics Astronomy & Space

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I think if they hadn't had the 'glove' incident (not only the 'hole' in the glove, but the lost time for that space walk), they might have put higher consideration on trying a patch.

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2007-08-17 08:56:08 · answer #1 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 0 0

whenever a pilot flys an airplane he/she must do a walk around the airplane. Run his fingers along the prop to detect dings and closely look at the wings, flaps, ailerons, elevator, rudder, fuselage and kick the tires. before the shuttle flys home, i think they should have an astronaut go to the tile in question and press on it to make sure it is secure. NASA is replacing the human in the equation of the inspection process with remote sensing. The technology is great but I'd rather have human eyes, touch, and intuition look at the problem close up. the human astronaut inspection should be a requirement for every manned spaceflight. what if space junk should strike the shuttle after the photos were taken? the space shuttle has to fly like a spaceship and also fly like an airplane. since it must fly as an airplane, a human inspection should be a requirement before the shuttle flys as an airplane.

2007-08-17 09:41:45 · answer #2 · answered by timespiral 4 · 0 0

It sucks that the so called smartest organization on the planet can't seem to get their sh!t together ! They have worked out a way to semi repair the tile and decide not to use it ?

You would think that they would be all over it but decided to let it be ...All this hype ever since the launch about it is for nothing and I just pray that there is no disaster like the Columbia and Challenger in the aftermath because of all the geniuses decision !

2007-08-17 08:32:39 · answer #3 · answered by Ratchet1957 2 · 0 0

I agree.... other shuttle missions have returned with similar or even more damage than this - and space walks, while cool, take a LOT of planning, and are inherently dangerous.

Regardless of whether they do the repair in space or not, it's *still* going to cost a lot to repair on Earth.

2007-08-17 08:33:46 · answer #4 · answered by quantumclaustrophobe 7 · 0 0

couldve said it better myself thats what they said about columbia and look what happend they need to repair it ASAP before they come home

2007-08-17 08:31:27 · answer #5 · answered by lil_jayrunner 1 · 0 0

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