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« on: 02/27/2007 11:45 AM »
Reports of hail damage to the ET tank from late yesterday.
Teams will inspect this morning. Potential rollback??
More to come.
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« Reply #1 on: 02/27/2007 12:00 PM »
whats the 'hail' of the ET???
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« Reply #2 on: 02/27/2007 12:12 PM »
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Reports of hail damage to the ET tank from late yesterday.
Teams will inspect this morning. Potential rollback??
More to come.
Hail damage is confirmed. Teams will be assessing whether the damage is severe enough to warrant a rollback to the VAB for reparis. All the damage is limited to the upper sections of the LOX tank.

Last time a stack was rolled back to the VAB for ET SOFI repairs due to hail was on STS-96. This only led to a 7 day delay of the launch. The launch was originally scheduled for May 20 1999, launch occured as planned on the new launch date of May 27 1999.
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« Reply #3 on: 02/27/2007 12:25 PM »
GVA extended and hood lowered on the ET for close-up inspections of the damage:
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« Reply #4 on: 02/27/2007 12:28 PM »
A week's delay doesn't ruin the fun. Better to be safe than sorry.
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« Reply #5 on: 02/27/2007 12:42 PM »
Just when everyone thinks NASA has the foam on the ET nearly fixed, this comes up. Will the woodpeckers return next.


But I agree one week is nothing. Lets play it safe.
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« Reply #6 on: 02/27/2007 01:09 PM »
We're waiting for people we know to get into work. Bloody typical as this was all a pretty smooth flow, but this is totally out of people's control.
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« Reply #7 on: 02/27/2007 01:25 PM »
Damn. Any possibility this is not bad enough to cause a rollback?
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« Reply #8 on: 02/27/2007 01:33 PM »
I wonder if it's really that bad, as the last image before the cap went back on wasn't so bad?
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« Reply #9 on: 02/27/2007 02:02 PM »
Mr ET guy having a look:
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« Reply #11 on: 02/27/2007 02:12 PM »
I guess this will be discussed during the FRR which is to begin today. Chris, can you confirm that it has started?
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« Reply #12 on: 02/27/2007 02:12 PM »
Do we have any idea when a decision will be made?  A week-long delay won't kill the chances of launching next month.  It'll just be a little earlier in the morning for the U.S. guys to watch.  No big deal.
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I guess this will be discussed during the FRR which is to begin today. Chris, can you confirm that it has started?

Will do when I get word. I've sent enough e-mails out ;)
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« Reply #14 on: 02/27/2007 02:20 PM »
Who doesn't want this job? ;)
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