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Old 02-07-2003, 10:14 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Air Force Images Show Shuttle Wing Damaged
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Old 02-07-2003, 12:42 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I heard on the radio last night that they had some satellite pics as well.. I thought I heard about it on WTOP news but didnt' see anything on their front page (net is too slow to do any real searching)
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Old 02-07-2003, 02:39 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Well there was a report in our papers this morning that it could have been caused by sprite lightning. Apparently sprite lightning is a very rare form of lightning that only happens way up high. Some guy took several pictures, that haven't been released yet, of the Shuttle just before the incident, and there was a strange right angle of what looked like lightning. Apparently NASA is interested in this.

Edit: Oops, just seen this thread about cosmic bolts.
http://www.techimo.com/forum/t51783.html
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Old 02-07-2003, 04:01 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I heard they showed some of those pictures on cable news, but I haven't seen them yet. I want to, though.
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Old 02-07-2003, 09:35 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Alright I know that they are capable of taking a high quality picture while the shuttle is in orbit, but could you all explain to me how they are going to get a quality picture of the underside of the shuttle through all of the fire/plasma that is rolling off of it?

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Old 02-08-2003, 12:24 AM   #6 (permalink)
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I took this photo from a VCR freeze frame, it was on the BBC and ITV news, the other day. I think it is a shot of the top wing surface, and if I remember correctly they said it was taken while the shuttle was still in space.

http://www.hollies.org/graham/shuttlecrack2.jpg

Sorry for the crappy photos, there must be a trick to getting shots from a TV.

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Old 02-08-2003, 01:43 AM   #7 (permalink)
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How would they have gotten that picture? I thought they had been saying that there was no way for them to look at the wing.
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As I understood it, there was no way to look at the bottom of the wing, and I think this is the top surface, from the colour.

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Please post more of the same if you have the time, I've not seen video of these types yet.
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This article says it's not a crack.

http://www.local6.com/orlpn/news/sto...06-140231.html
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