Columbia

Somewhat speculative info: I heard on ABC news this afternoon that there had been some external fuel tank insulation knocked off during launch of the Columbia, and it had impacted the wing surface or some such on I think the left side. Then there's a report of a temperature variation in the same wing during the early reentry period. The news report said that since the mission didn't have the mech arm they couldn't inspect the wing during the mission, but used instead video footage of the launch to determine that there wasn't any damage. Perhaps, unfortunately, it was worse after the vibrations of launch? -- Frank --- Philip Pemberton <philpem(a)dsl.pipex.com> wrote: ===== = M O N T V A L E S O F T W A R E S E R V I C E S P. C.= Clayton Frank Helvey, President Montvale Software Services, P. C. P.O. Box 840 Blue Ridge, VA 24064-0840 Phone: 540.947.5364 Email: msspcva(a)yahoo.com ============================================================