Re: PAL ramp photos

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 17:23:33 -0700, ed kyle wrote:

>
> Craig Fink wrote:
>> Upper PAL ramp that didn't fall off:
>>
>> http://t2www.nasa.r3h.net/images/content/106845main_1093-LO2_PAL_Ramp_0019_2560x1920.jpg
>>
>> Lower PAL ramp with part of it removed to access the intertank (notice the
>> nice clean cut in the lower portion to do the work):
>>
>> http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/104631main_99600main_PAL_Ramp_8-12-04_3000x2000.jpg
>>
>> Good view of the Upper and Lower PAL ramp with the close out foam (repair)
>> in place. Also, notice how much bigger and further forward the upper PAL
>> ramp appears:
>>
>> http://t2www.nasa.r3h.net/images/content/110206main_1119-ET-121__5808_3072x2048.jpg
>>
>> ET in orbit picture with part of the PAL ramp missing. Notice you can see
>> the Intertank closeout cut and repair to the PAL ramp is forward of the
>> PAL ramp debris location. Also, look at the sharp forward edge of the
>> debris location, looks similar to the intertank access cut to the PAL ramp:
>>
>> http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/123625main_s114e5070_high.jpg
>>
>> Did the PAL ramp debris originate at a repair site?
>
> Looks like a different site to me, but it looks
> like there might be another discoloration near
> the failure site in the third photo. The whole
> ramp looked like it had been monkeyed with a lot.
>

Yeah, that's what I was talking about. Was there a repair further aft of
the intertank access cut/repair, right at the failure point.

It looks a "slightly" discolored right at the failure point. Then
another repair "more" discolored between the failure point and the "more"
discolored intertank access repair.

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