Yes, but not enough to make a difference. The foam has much higher wind resistance and gets thrown back violently. Recall from the frame-by-frame shots that the foam disintegrates into a white cloud on impact; it takes a fair amount of energy to do that. C. --- Roen Hale <roen@simsteel.com> wrote:
Doesn't the fact that the foam panel and the shuttle are travelling in the same direction at the time of impact reduce the force at time of collision? Roen Hale
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hards" <chuckhards@yahoo.com> To: <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 9:50 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Today's NASA Briefing
You don't need to add mass via water or ice. People (engineers included) seem to forget that the shuttle was probably close to trans-sonic when the foam broke loose. It carried incredible energy moving that fast. I have no credibility problems with plain old foam damaging tiles or structure.
C.
--- Joe Bauman <bau@desnews.com> wrote:
I agree. What if enough rainwater soaked into the foam that when it froze because of the liquid hydrogen, it was much heavier and much more solid than 2 1/2 pounds of foam insulation? -- Joe
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