Falling Window Cover Damages Discovery 360
Mz6 writes "At 5:30PM EDT, one of the space shuttle's protective window covers fell and
struck the left Orbital Maneuvering System engine pod on Discovery today. The window cover hit the carrier panel around the OMS pod. NASA is taking a new panel to the launch pad to replace the one hit by the falling cover. NASA is expected to know by 7 PM EDT if the replacement panel will work and whether launch can proceed tomorrow as planned. The window cover in question is from one of the overhead windows. It fell on its own, not when workers were handling it. The cover was found after it had fallen and hit the orbiter. In addition to the carrier panel that workers plan to replace tonight, engineers are looking for any other damage." Update: 07/13 02:03 GMT by T : RmanB17499 points out a CNN story according to which "the launch of the space shuttle Discovery will go ahead as scheduled Wednesday after technicians replaced two protective tiles damaged near the spacecraft's tail Tuesday, a NASA spokeswoman said."
A sign, maybe? (Score:2, Funny)
Funeral (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Funeral (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Already fixed (Score:4, Funny)
windows this, windows that (Score:5, Funny)
If God Had Meant Man to Go Into Space (Score:5, Funny)
He would have given us something better than a space shuttle.
Re:Already fixed (Score:2, Funny)
Hey, be kind to them. (Score:3, Funny)
They aren't safe enough! (Score:5, Funny)
I hearby propose that NASA create a new covering to cover the existing "window-cover", to ensure that the existing "window-cover" isn't damaged while it's protecting the actual window.
Here's a head-scratcher... (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe it fell of because IT WAS HELD ON WITH TAPE!
Who's in charge over there - Red Green?
Re:FTUA (Score:3, Funny)
Re:It fell on its own? (Score:4, Funny)
In Other News: (Score:3, Funny)
Shuttle commander Eileen Kahlins saw the bird dropping strike the orbiter while talking with the media about her confidence in NASAW's (1) ability to meet tomorrow's launch window. Amid the rain of ceramic tiles and structural members around the podium she was speaking from, she was heard commenting to NASAW director Sean O'Keeth, "I thought you said you fixed that, you a**hole."
A heated arguement ensued, live, on national television, but was cut short when O'Keeth was struck down by a full HWSU (2) container falling from the orbiter. Kahlins immediately left the scene, telling reporters she had some vacation time coming.
(1 NASAW: National Association of Stupid Aerospace Wankers)
(2 HWSU: Human Waste Storage Unit, Solid)
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Re:It fell on its own? (Score:1, Funny)
Yeah? Well thas 'cause you jus' some punk ass bitch. You hear me boy? You some:
Punk.
Ass.
Bitch.
Now if tha' wus' my Space Shuttle, with me sittin' up in the Captain's chair, like my main man, wuzz-hiz-name... Kurt... Kurk! Yeah, Kurk, I'd be, like, fire them motherfuckin' engines up, and warp factor 11 Mr. Soho, an shit! 'Cause no chickinshit winnowpane gonne make a bitch outta ol' Anonymous Coward.
An' I tell you anotha' thing my fine, fine P.A.B., an' that is don' you be talkin' no trash about parachutes and money bones! 'Cause any monkey bones get in my way, of my shuttle, on my mission, I'll just kick ass with my lightsabre, one o' them ones what's two, two, two lightsabres in one and, "BAM!, BAM!" motherfuckin' bones be out O' my way and I be on the radio sayin' "Dallas, Ain't got no problem here Dallas. Only problem be wit' you. You got dat big Dal-ass Mall Hair. Damn bitch. Ain't gonna be no mo-fo ozone fo' me to cruse if you keep usin' all that hair spray.
So jus' shut-do-fuck-up an' get on you littl' ol' shuttle and gut yo' punk ass up to space.
Y' hear?
Re:They aren't safe enough! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:It fell on its own? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It fell on its own? (Score:5, Funny)
Shuttle Man - The Musical (Score:4, Funny)
They slashed the funds last night pre-flight
Zero hour nine a.m.
And something else will fall off by then
I miss the earth so much I risk my life
The tech is out of date
On such a priceless flight
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Till NASA comes around again to find
They don't have funds to get my back to home
Oh no no no I'm a shuttle man
Shuttle man, 107 cameras but no rescue mode
ISS ain't the kind of place to sit for weeks
In fact it's cold as hell
And Atlantis might not work if you did
And all this budget I don't understand
It's just my job five days a week
A shuttle man, a shuttle man
And I think it's gonna be a long long time...
Re:RFID tags on tiles (Score:2, Funny)
Re:It fell on its own? (Score:3, Funny)
What color was it? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:It fell on its own? (Score:1, Funny)
I can see it now...
"Aaalmost done building it now... Just *one* more rocket booster. *rubs hands*
*low rumble*
"Uh oh..."
*CRASH*
"Doh..."
"Marv! Call up Dubya and get us another billion."
Obligatory Armageddon Quote (Score:3, Funny)
"Yeah."
"Did you know we are sitting on 2 million gallons of fuel, a nuclear weapon and a thing with 270,000 loose parts that was built by the lowest bidder. Kinda makes you feel good dont it?"
JKXXMXN