Foam Issue News Today

♪ ♪ ♪ -my wife, laurel, was on the shuttle. she was a scientist primarily involved with life sciences. one day during the mission, i was reviewing the notes, and then heres this foam issue. during launch, a large piece of foam had come off the external tank and impacted the left wing. me and my colleague had this discussion of, "hey, you can use a family conference to talk to laurel and find out what she knew." -oh! -you got to remember the hat youre wearing is your flight-surgeo...

"hey, you can use a family conference to talk to laurel and find out what she knew." -oh! -you got to remember the hat youre wearing is your flight-surgeon hat, not your family hat. it would have broken protocol for me to bring up an issue to a crew member, even though its my wife. -i remember a certain sense of relief like, "its almost over. shes almost back." -i didnt talk to laurel about the foam issue. that conference was for iain and laurel, and i was a bystander. -i knew she was going to c...

Shes almost back." -i didnt talk to laurel about the foam issue. that conference was for iain and laurel, and i was a bystander. -i knew she was going to come back. you know, i never had a question in my mind. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

One day during the mission, i was reviewing the notes, and then heres this foam issue. During launch, a large piece of foam had come off the external tank and impacted the left wing. Me and my colleague had this discussion of, hey, you can use a Family Conference to talk to laurel and find out what she knew. Oh you got to remember the hat youre wearing is your flightsurgeon hat, not your family hat. It would have broken protocol for me to bring up an issue to a crew member, even though its my wi...