violin1238 - 7/2/2008 8:39 PMAll I Know is that I lost a bit of confidence in Columbia's ability to fly after that launch, which I watched on NASA TV.
Flightstar - 8/9/2005 8:48 AMQuoteTahii - 8/9/2005 5:06 AMWith that first video, they seemed to get the Orbiter Access Arm back to the orbiter very quickly - did they nearly evacuate Columbia?No, but as safing is in works, that moves in place very fast in case the crew do have to bail.
Tahii - 8/9/2005 5:06 AMWith that first video, they seemed to get the Orbiter Access Arm back to the orbiter very quickly - did they nearly evacuate Columbia?
Lawntonlookirs - 21/4/2008 2:49 PMQuoteFlightstar - 8/9/2005 8:48 AMQuoteTahii - 8/9/2005 5:06 AMWith that first video, they seemed to get the Orbiter Access Arm back to the orbiter very quickly - did they nearly evacuate Columbia?No, but as safing is in works, that moves in place very fast in case the crew do have to bail.This is going back to the very begining of this thread shen they had the Shut down of the engines. A question is how long would it have taken them to evacuate, with no white room crew and straped in?
QuoteChris Bergin - 26/5/2007 11:35 AMQuoteshuttlepilot - 25/5/2007 8:33 PMQuotePete at Edwards - 21/5/2007 6:01 PMThere was one where they were four seconds away from a booster failure, but seperation occured before failure, I once heard.Please give us source of this information I believe it was on a Columbia documentary, as I've heard that too, but never did find out which launch it was.IIRC, it was STS-8...Edit: Not sure if that's what Pete is referring to, but the STS-8 incident was noted in a previous thread here:http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=5659&mid=92025
Chris Bergin - 26/5/2007 11:35 AMQuoteshuttlepilot - 25/5/2007 8:33 PMQuotePete at Edwards - 21/5/2007 6:01 PMThere was one where they were four seconds away from a booster failure, but seperation occured before failure, I once heard.Please give us source of this information I believe it was on a Columbia documentary, as I've heard that too, but never did find out which launch it was.
shuttlepilot - 25/5/2007 8:33 PMQuotePete at Edwards - 21/5/2007 6:01 PMThere was one where they were four seconds away from a booster failure, but seperation occured before failure, I once heard.Please give us source of this information
Pete at Edwards - 21/5/2007 6:01 PMThere was one where they were four seconds away from a booster failure, but seperation occured before failure, I once heard.
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