shuttle disaster

[Roger Oberholtzer]

On Tue, 4 Feb 2003 08:25:45 -0500 (EST)
Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> > On Tue, 4 Feb 2003 19:26:36 +1000
> > Keith Antoine <kantoine at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> >
> > > On Tuesday 04 February 2003 18:03, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> > >
> > > > Given the literal tons of docs that any government project has, you
> > > > would think that a plan for what to do if there is a possible tile
> > > > damage would already be set out. As such, any prerequisites (space
> > > > suites) would be in place. I wonder if any member of the crew was
> > > > trained in using a space suit. Perhaps it is not a standard thing.
> > >
> > > Even had they had the suits in place would they have been told to use
> > > them, even if they had would they have still survived, probably not.
> >
> > Doesn't each shuttle come with an Acme Tile Repair Kit? I guess such
> > repairs are more tricky than one would imagine, as each tile is
> > specially fitted and no two are the same. Or so I have heard. And
> > training each crew on complete shuttle repairs seems less than likely. I
> > guess the space station will need a shuttle garage where one can change
> > flat tires and all.
> >
> > All this said, I still think that NASA's record is quite good. I mean,
> > these are not production runs on production equipment.
> 
> I dunno, i'd say a 40% failure rate is pretty damn awful.

As I see it, it is not 40% failure if you base it on number of flights,
which I would argue makes more sense. Depends on your view point. I also
seem to recall that the shuttles had a usage duration that has been
exceeded. They were to be used for 10 years each, or some number of years,
which has since passed.

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