7 Mar
2011
7 Mar
'11
12:05 a.m.
Morning Joe, On 06 Mar 2011, at 23:57, Joe Bauman wrote:
Hi Patrick, I'm still a little concerned about the harder whack that apparently was delivered to the underside of the shuttle in the video Erik posted. If it was ice, did it cause any damage? Thanks, Joe
Probably nothing to worry about. When the shuttle arrived at the station cameras on the station gave the shuttle a thorough going over. I think they did the same on departure. Plus the crew use the camera on the end of the shuttle's robot arm to examine all of the exterior it can reach. BTW, on Science Friday this past Friday they were talking about risks to the shuttle and the NASA guest said their biggest worry is stuff they might run into while on orbit. patrick