Ouch. NASA mis-communication from hell.

digitalwanderer · Feb 22, 2003, 06:36 PM

The whole shuttle disaster could have been avoided, if some higher-ups at NASA would have checked their e-mails.

Check out this story and tell me this guy didn't hit the nail square on the head before the disaster happened.

I'm NOT saying that anyone is at fault for not checking, I'm just saying what a bummer it is that someone caught it and couldn't get it to someone important enough to do something about it in time.

Can you imagine being that guy and going thru your e-mails the next day and seeing that?

NaumoJR · Feb 23, 2003, 01:36 AM

I believe that NASA knew what the problem was as soon as it happened. If they release the info too soon, it makes the public believe that they could have done something to prevent the disaster.

I always knew it was something with the landing gear door. That's like ripping a hole in the front of a passanger air-liner. Creates too much drag and the whole thing rips apart.

Malus · Feb 23, 2003, 07:04 AM

It really doesn't make a difference either way. Once they were in space, they were pretty much goners.

NASA couldn't do anything to fix the problem, so it was just better for them to keep it under wraps to prevent mass hysteria and the like. Apparently, pieces of foam fall off the shuttle a lot. I guess they just figured it wouldn't be problem, since it had happened before. Honestly, I don't think they were too worried about checking their e-mail when they were trying to reach a shuttle launch deadline.

ToshiroOC · Feb 23, 2003, 08:31 AM

Well, they could have stayed in space, hopped over to the ISS, and stayed there until another shuttle came up for em... and then we could have just scavenged the Columbia for parts for the station...

The_Neon_Cowboy · Feb 23, 2003, 09:33 AM

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Originally posted by ToshiroOC
Well, they could have stayed in space, hopped over to the ISS, and stayed there until another shuttle came up for em... and then we could have just scavenged the Columbia for parts for the station...

NASA has aready said that is was impossable to make the space station... (there was not enough fuel, the orbits bla bla bla )

Ryo-Ohki · Feb 24, 2003, 11:57 AM

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Originally posted by The_Neon_Cowboy
NASA has aready said that is was impossable to make the space station... (there was not enough fuel, the orbits bla bla bla )

They hadn't the required EVA suits on board and they couldn't dock to the ISS anyway, lacking the necessary equipement. I say this is negligence. Those smart guys at NASA don't even have a backup plan short of providing an emergency airfield. As an engineer myself, I find this unthinkably short sighted.

I hope such factors will be considered for the future missions.

ToshiroOC · Feb 24, 2003, 11:58 AM

Oh well for that... I didn't know the specifics of that, and at this point it would be little more than wishful thinking...

***craig5320*** · Feb 24, 2003, 01:27 PM

Yeah, it was the fact they didn't have docking abilites, or materials to repair any damage they could have found, once they left Earth's atmosphere it was a case of hope for the best, they might make it

Feb 22, 2003, 06:36 PM	#1
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	Ouch. NASA mis-communication from hell. The whole shuttle disaster could have been avoided, if some higher-ups at NASA would have checked their e-mails. Check out this story and tell me this guy didn't hit the nail square on the head before the disaster happened. I'm NOT saying that anyone is at fault for not checking, I'm just saying what a bummer it is that someone caught it and couldn't get it to someone important enough to do something about it in time. Can you imagine being that guy and going thru your e-mails the next day and seeing that? __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

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Malus BSD SMASH! Join Date: May 2002 Location: A rabbit hole. . . Posts: 1,170 Rep Power: 0	It really doesn't make a difference either way. Once they were in space, they were pretty much goners. NASA couldn't do anything to fix the problem, so it was just better for them to keep it under wraps to prevent mass hysteria and the like. Apparently, pieces of foam fall off the shuttle a lot. I guess they just figured it wouldn't be problem, since it had happened before. Honestly, I don't think they were too worried about checking their e-mail when they were trying to reach a shuttle launch deadline. __________________ quad (FreeBSD/amd64 8-CURRENT): Intel Q6600 - Asus P5E-VM HDMI - 2x2 GB Kingston PC6400 DDR2 Ram - Seagate 320GB 7200RPM HD - 2xSeagate 1TB 7200RPM HD in RAID 1 via ZFS - Lite-On 20x DVD Multi Recorder - Coolermaster Centurion 5 router (FreeBSD/amd64 8-CURRENT): Intel E4500 - Intel D945GCNL - 2 GB PC6400 Mushkin Ram - Lite-On 48x24x48x16 - Seagate 320GB 7200RPM HD - Silverstone SST-SG02-F wanderer (FreeBSD/i386 7-CURRENT): Lenovo Thinkpad T61p mini (OS X 10.5): Intel Core 2 Duo @ 1.8Ghz, 4 GB Mushkin PC5400 Ram - Headroom MicroDAC Portable sound: Rockboxed iPod Video -> Westone UM2's Not-So-Portable Sound: Headroon MicroDAC -> Singlepower PPX3-SLAM -> Grado RS-1's or Beyerdynamic DT-880's Very-Not-Portable-Sound: Squeezebox v3 -> Denon AVR-1507 -> B&W 683's & Sunfire HRS-10

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ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	Well, they could have stayed in space, hopped over to the ISS, and stayed there until another shuttle came up for em... and then we could have just scavenged the Columbia for parts for the station... __________________ [img][/img] [color=White]Peace be with you, Joe.[/color] Driverheaven Staff Member (Supermoderator)

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ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	Oh well for that... I didn't know the specifics of that, and at this point it would be little more than wishful thinking... __________________ [img][/img] [color=White]Peace be with you, Joe.[/color] Driverheaven Staff Member (Supermoderator)

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Feb 23, 2003, 01:36 AM	#2
NaumoJR Paranoid Android Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Planet Telex Posts: 1,029 Rep Power: 0	I believe that NASA knew what the problem was as soon as it happened. If they release the info too soon, it makes the public believe that they could have done something to prevent the disaster. I always knew it was something with the landing gear door. That's like ripping a hole in the front of a passanger air-liner. Creates too much drag and the whole thing rips apart.