Another Delay For The Space Shuttle

[xsedrinam]

Have there been any updates released as to the fallen object(s) which were filmed falling during launch? Last report I saw this afternoon, they were speculating about a tile falling off and/or hitting a bird....I had the volumn off, so please don't tell me I was watching another launch from another time in the past
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[garybUK]

Have there been any updates released as to the fallen object(s) which were filmed falling during launch? Last report I saw this afternoon, they were speculating about a tile falling off and/or hitting a bird....I had the volumn off, so please don't tell me I was watching another launch from another time in the past
X

Something did fall off during the seperation it was on Channel 4 news last night... oh dear! doesn't seem to be going too well, they can't fix the fuel sensor, a window cover fell off now this ... lets hope they get back ok.

 

[Lacero]

NASA's name is jinxed. After Challenger, NASA stood for Need Another Seven Astronauts. I saw it live as a kid. Made me NOT want to become an astronaut.

 

[MacNut]

Have there been any updates released as to the fallen object(s) which were filmed falling during launch? Last report I saw this afternoon, they were speculating about a tile falling off and/or hitting a bird....I had the volumn off, so please don't tell me I was watching another launch from another time in the past
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SPACE CENTER, Houston (July 27) - NASA said Wednesday that a chipped thermal tile on space shuttle Discovery's belly does not appear to be a serious problem, based on what engineers have seen so far.

In orbit, meanwhile, Discovery's astronauts slowly and delicately inspected the wings and nose for launch damage, using a 100-foot movable arm with lasers and a camera mounted on its tip.

NASA lead flight director Paul Hill said experts were still receiving and analyzing the data from the inspection, but during his own cursory look at the 3-D footage beamed down to Earth as the lasers panned across the spaceship's surface, ''I didn't see anything that stood out.''

 

[taeclee99]

Due to another piece of foam falling off after liftoff, Nasa has decided to ground the rest of the fleet until the problem can be fixed.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050727/ts_afp/usspaceshuttledebris_050727223131

 

[wdlove]

This news is certainly a cause for concern. For an accurate assessment of damage will have to wait till Discovery arrives at the ISS. They are just being very cautious.