Discovery May Need Unprecedented Repair
An AP newswire article, via ABC Technology News, reveals that:
A couple of short strips of material dangling from Discovery's belly may require an unprecedented repair by spacewalking astronauts, if engineers determine there's even a possibility that the problem could endanger the shuttle during descent, NASA said Sunday.
Teams of experts were scrambling to understand just how serious the problem was, with heated discussions raging on what to do, if anything.
The trouble has nothing to do with foam or other launch debris but rather the accidental slippage of ceramic-fiber fabric used to fill the thin gaps between thermal tiles.
It will be Monday before the analysis is complete and mission managers decide whether to have the crew's two spacewalkers cut or pull the hanging material.
posted by Fergie @ 7/31/2005 06:47:00 PM
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