At 1500h EDT (2000h BST) yesterday (26 June) NASA held a media telecon on the damage to pad 39A's flame trench during the 31 May launch of Space Shuttle Discovery for the STS-124 mission
Here are the news reports about that telecon from Orlando Sentinel, Space.com, Florida Today and Spaceflight Now for you to read
Below this text and in the extended portion of this blog post you will find images from an internal NASA briefing about the damaged pad. Click on the images to see the larger versions
Here are the news reports about that telecon from Orlando Sentinel, Space.com, Florida Today and Spaceflight Now for you to read
Below this text and in the extended portion of this blog post you will find images from an internal NASA briefing about the damaged pad. Click on the images to see the larger versions
Click on the images to see the larger versions
on June 28, 2008 9:02 AM | Reply
Wish they could have stayed with brick. The masters must have known what they were doing, but desperate times beget desperate measures.