There is no indication of any problem with the Atlantis gear, but NASA and United Space Alliance engineers may inspect the mechanism to assess the slower deployment of the right one.
psloss - 24/6/2007 7:52 PMI found this link over there (with pix from Bill Hartenstein):http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/space/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&newspaperUserId=04ce340e-4b63-4d23-9695-d49ab661f385&plckPostId=Blog%3a04ce340e-4b63-4d23-9695-d49ab661f385Post%3a9f5b1025-5de8-47b4-8ec3-fed2103e151a&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDestThe blog post says in part:QuoteThere is no indication of any problem with the Atlantis gear, but NASA and United Space Alliance engineers may inspect the mechanism to assess the slower deployment of the right one.
ShuttleDiscovery - 24/6/2007 8:14 PMIs that MP3 of Atlantis' gear or another orbiter?
USFJoseph - 24/6/2007 10:15 PMWhich raises the question -- what if they don't lock into place? What is the plan? Glide as long as possible and make a belly landing? I suppose that's about all they can do with the decision basically being to glide or to put her down quickly...
OV-106 - 25/6/2007 2:43 AMThis was the flight where the door fell off at launch.
ShuttleDiscovery - 24/6/2007 1:09 PMOk the right one was a little slower, but as long as they're down and locked by the time they hit the runway then there isn't really much to be concerned about...
shuttlefan - 24/6/2007 8:22 PMQuoteShuttleDiscovery - 24/6/2007 1:09 PMOk the right one was a little slower, but as long as they're down and locked by the time they hit the runway then there isn't really much to be concerned about...But we have to wonder if the hardware is trying to tell them something. Remember what Ron Dittamore (Space Shuttle Program Manage at the time of STS-107), said about always listening to the hardware?