Space Shuttle to launch today

I think the current batch of shuttles are destined to spend the rest of their days in Aerospace museums, or even basking in the desert sun at Davis-Monthan

Didn’t it hit a bird? You’d think the noise it generates on launch would keep any birds away.

Your are flying along minding your own business and all of a sudden there is a huge roar from below… which way do you go?

Beign a rocket it accelerates rather quickly and is soon travelling faster than the noise it is making.

I think the main problem is that they have never paid enough attention to what actually happens during a shuttle launch. Bits have probably been falling off from every launch since launch 1. In 2003 their luck ran out because something important was damaged. This could have killed the shuttle program… I heard they have already grounded the other shuttles.

It is a very inefficient way of supporting a space station anyway.

There’s a photo in the British Press of the main fuel tank hitting a bird on launch which allegedly caused some damage. Apparently the crew were checking it out with cameras and sensors on the robotic arm.

Regards,

Kev35

Didn’t it hit a bird? You’d think the noise it generates on launch would keep any birds away.

Regards,

kev35

apparently some of the tiles like last time came off during launch.

Didn’t it hit a bird? You’d think the noise it generates on launch would keep any birds away.

Regards,

kev35

Because of said non-sticky bits, NASA has already decided to hold off on future shuttle flights for the near future.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,163884,00.html

Launch Successful!

Not quite, there’s still bits droppin’ off

Yeah I watched it on the bbc site and it looked good.

Glad to hear its gone well.

Launch Successful!