Rcc Panels News Today

-for the second time in nasas history, a space shuttle has been lost along with its entire crew. once again, we are asking ourselves, how could this have happened? -do you have any idea how big that piece of foam was that came off? -wed heard some reports that during launch there had been some concerns that some debris hit the wing. is that true and is that any cause of concern and that could have caused todays problems? -it is true. it was judged that, erm , that event did not represe...

All of that data pointed to a problem at rcc panel 8. something very different happened in this location on the orbiter. and so, lets go see if we can understand what that was. -ok, so, as the vehicle is entering the atmosphere, these black tiles are protecting the structure, the aluminium of the vehicle, in high-heat areas. and the grey is the wing leading edge reinforced carbon-carbon, rcc panels. those protect the vehicle from the highest level of heat, those 3,000 degree temperatures, so tha...

And if you follow the logic, you begin to see pieces that are telling you a story. As we were progressing through the leftwing reconstruction, you can see these burned tiles, this reinforced carboncarbon, looks like its been burned in a way thats very different than everything else. All of that data pointed to a problem at Rcc Panel 8. Something very different happened in this location on the orbiter. And so, lets go see if we can understand what that was. Ok, so, as the vehicle is entering the ...