Re: PAL ramp photos

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 23:33:55 +0000, Mike Scott wrote:

> Craig Fink wrote:
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>> http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/104631main_99600main_PAL_Ramp_8-12-04_3000x2000.jpg
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>> http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/123625main_s114e5070_high.jpg
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>> Did the PAL ramp debris originate at a repair site?
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>
> Craig, from the photos you have linked it looks to me like this repair
> occurred at the first first square-shaped cable tray "joint" aft of the
> intertank, but the place where foam came off looks like it's right at
> the third cable tray "joint" aft of the intertank. I apologize for my
> lack of proper term.

Yeah, that's it. It's "slightly" discolored at the third cable tray
"joint" aft of the intertank. Not as much as the intertank access repair,
or the repair in between the two points. But it is slightly discolored.

For the intertank access/repair, NASA did cut the PAL ramp in
a perpendicular line. The forward edge of the debris looks
to be a similar perpendicular line or joint.

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