Re: STS-1, Tiles, A View From the Inside
From: Ted Molczan (molczan_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/25/04
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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 22:53:16 GMT
"rk" <stellare@NOSPAMPLEASE.erols.com> wrote in message
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> I don't know how Young and Crippen felt about it, but to me it did seem
risky.
> There was talk of using our classified military cameras to take pictures
and
> see if there was significant damage to the tiles. Information about our
> capability for taking pictures of things in orbit was classified. At any
rate,
> I remember hearing less talk as we approached the time for the Shuttle to
do
> its deorbit burn. I assume that they got enough verification with those
> classified cameras that there wasn't a significant bunch of tiles missing,
> although I never heard directly that they were no longer concerned.
The facts remain classified, but there were several close conjunctions
between STS-1 and a KH-11, which probably would have supported
high-resolution imaging:
http://www.satobs.org/columbia/KeyHolesattosat.html#STS1
I believe there were also ground-based cameras that may have been helpful.
Ted Molczan
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