Re: Discovery Landing - Charred Sides?

Endeavor has seen fewer flights, and I think the charring is somewhat
cumulative. But it does look like it goes further up the sides than I
recall before. Someone should post more post-landing pics from other
flights (especially Discovery).

During the post-landing walk-around video inspection I noticed the camera
operator quite deliberately climbed up the stairs to the hatch and videoed
what looked like a lot of charring around the hatch door. It may be normal
but I haven't seen them do that before.

LCS

"Tom Kent" <thomas.m.kent@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:J2K6HG.5D6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I just watched the video of the landing, and i noticed that the sides
looked a lot more charred than normal. After quickly looking on NASA's
site for previous landing images I found one from STS112, the comparison is
remarkable. Is this a big deal? Has this been seen before?

Comparison:
http://mcbain.teeks99.com/STS121LandingCompare.png

Tom



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