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To: hmaly who wrote (159755)	2/2/2003 11:02:19 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1582531

Ted Re..Tim, you're sort of the resident expert on missiles and the like so you may have some thoughts on what happened today with the shuttle. When the shuttle was launched last wk., some insulation came off of the hydrogen tank and hit the shuttle on the left wing. It was assumed that the damage was minor enough such that it wouldn't pose a problem. However it seems as it the problems started in the left wing area, so there is probably a connection. The problem seems to be pointing more and more to that chunk hitting the left wing. I don't understand why they didn't check it when they were in earth orbit. it started flying in 1981. Isn't that pretty old? Airlines consider their fleet old if the average age is more than ten years.....and shuttles have to endure a lot more stress than a plane. Columbia was completely refurbished 3 yrs ago. Secondly, while the stress can be severe, it is of short duration. In the last couple of plane crashes, the experts have talked about metal fatigue that can develop whether a plane is well maintained or not. Is it not possible that parts of the original Columbia remain and are increasingly subject to metal fatigue? ted