Re: Debris Hits on Endeavour
Earl Needham (kd5xb@amsat.org)
Mon, 21 Dec 1998 16:44:00 -0700
At 09:06 PM 12/16/98 +0000, Mike DiMuzio wrote:
> This is from KSC's landing report...
<snip>
>Preliminary reports reveal that the orbiter
>is in
>good shape post flight. Endeavour's lower surface sustained 70 total
>debris
>hits with 21 of those being 1-inch or larger.
My email has been down for almost a week, sorry for the delay.
Just what would the orbiter hit? Other than various small pieces of the
STS itself? Meteorites? Debris from earlier/other missions? Nails on the
road? <G>
Earl
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