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Columbia Open House, March 1979
by
psloss
on 12 Feb, 2006 20:17
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OK, finally got 'round to getting a scanner. Here are three from the set...
Cheers,
Philip Sloss
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#1
by
Stowbridge
on 12 Feb, 2006 22:12
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Great images and rare to see her so young. 1979? Was she at KSC then or still at Palmdale?
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#2
by
psloss
on 12 Feb, 2006 22:29
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This was the Rockwell open house in Palmdale just before she was moved over to Edwards for ferry to KSC.
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#3
by
jjnodice
on 12 Feb, 2006 23:08
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Philip,
WOW! Fantastic pics. Comparing those with the ones I posted at Eglin, Columbia lost a LOT of tiles on that trip across country! Ironic that she did the same thing on her final mission...
Does someone know why so many fell off? Inexperience with them? What changed in the technique/process to make them stay on better?
Thanks again for sharing them!
Jason
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#4
by
norm103
on 12 Feb, 2006 23:11
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wasent it that the bond they were using wasint working or some thing like that
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#5
by
psloss
on 12 Feb, 2006 23:11
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Yeah, my Dad got some good shots...couple more. I'll scan a few more that show the other side of the nose when I have time.
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#6
by
SRBseparama
on 13 Feb, 2006 00:44
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Beautiful in her own way. Look how gleaming her OMS and read RCS is!
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#7
by
Jim
on 13 Feb, 2006 01:50
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SRBseparama - 12/2/2006 7:44 PM
Beautiful in her own way. Look how gleaming her OMS and read RCS is!
Those were fake OMS pods, which were just for transport. It recieved the flight ones at KSC
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#8
by
Tahii
on 13 Feb, 2006 07:04
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Thought they looked too shiny - no tiles on them.
Yep, I saw them and thought "oooo, shiny!" too
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#9
by
Chris Bergin
on 13 Feb, 2006 10:16
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Well the aft looks like its got its SSME shield on, ready for transport on the SCA - that might account for some of it.
Greats pics.
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#10
by
SimonShuttle
on 13 Feb, 2006 11:11
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Beautiful!
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#11
by
Hotol
on 13 Feb, 2006 12:16
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Also note the lack of thermal blankets on the front, nose/windows area.
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#12
by
Heather
on 13 Feb, 2006 12:51
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It's great to see history like this. What surprises me is this was 27 years ago, before I was born!
Doesn't seem to be that long ago when looking at a Shuttle orbiter.
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#13
by
Hotol
on 13 Feb, 2006 14:01
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Yes, that is a stunning thing to note.
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#14
by
STS Tony
on 13 Feb, 2006 15:55
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Did they have the addesive problem with the TPS before or after she was shipped to KSC? I remember there was a good year or so delay to STS-1 because of it.
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#15
by
norm103
on 13 Feb, 2006 17:50
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before thats why she when with so many off and why they fell off.
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#16
by
Tahii
on 13 Feb, 2006 18:25
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Heather - 14/2/2006 12:51 AM
It's great to see history like this. What surprises me is this was 27 years ago, before I was born! Doesn't seem to be that long ago when looking at a Shuttle orbiter.
Eek! You just reminded me of that too. Thats quite freaky.
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#17
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David AF
on 13 Feb, 2006 22:19
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STS Tony - 13/2/2006 10:55 AM
Did they have the addesive problem with the TPS before or after she was shipped to KSC? I remember there was a good year or so delay to STS-1 because of it.
Both I believe.
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#18
by
Jamie Young
on 13 Feb, 2006 23:26
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I'm thinking it might be after she got to KSC, after all, why would they fly her on the back of a SCA when she's got tiles falling off
Wouldn't want to be under her flight path when ferried.
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#19
by
jjnodice
on 14 Feb, 2006 00:13
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Jamie Young - 13/2/2006 6:26 PM
I'm thinking it might be after she got to KSC, after all, why would they fly her on the back of a SCA when she's got tiles falling off Wouldn't want to be under her flight path when ferried.
It was during the ferry flight that tiles fell off. The trip across the US took a lot longer than most other flights. It was delayed several times and made several overnight stops in El Paso, San Antonio, and the Florida Panhandle before landing at KSC.
See this thread to see what it looked like the day before she arrived at KSC:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=1420&posts=36You are right about not wanting to be underneath those tiles. I always wondered where all those tiles went???
Doesn't seem to be that long ago when looking at a Shuttle orbiter.
Wouldn't want to be under her flight path when ferried.