On Tue, 4 Feb 2003 00:21:36 -0500, you ("Tim Rogers"
<timrogers@charter.net>) wrote:
>>http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Cronache/2003/02_Febbraio/03/crepe.shtml
Well I don't know what this shows, but it certainly doesn't seem to show a
Space Shuttle wing. Neither does this have the markings of a Shuttle wing,
nor the shapes, nor the special characteristics that were unique to
Columbia and thus would help identifying it here. All I'm seeing is a beige
blob with blackish smear that could be anything, just not a Shuttle wing
with "cracks" in it. At least that's what I make of it; I really have
difficulties envisioning what this is supposed to be...
If I got that page properly translated, this is supposed to originate from
the port side forward or aft CCTV cam, and I'd just be thrilled to learn
how either camera is supposed to be able to take a good look at the wing.
It's difficult enough already to see the wing from up in the crew
compartment, let alone from down at the payload bay rim where those cameras
are located. (Inquiring minds and all...)
Would be interesting to see the full video sequence instead of a crummy
JPEG capture frame, maybe that makes more sense. On the first and second
look, I'd qualify this as baloney. Either edited at the Israeli TV station
(such as when inserting canned footage of exterior views when Ramon and
Sharon were talking about what Earth looked like from orbit), or completely
misjudged and misidentified by someone upstream in the news channels.
Either way, the terrible quality doesn't help.
CU! Markus
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