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Two missions before columbia it happened on sts-112 atlantis. a significant strike hit the skirt of the solid rocket booster and actually put a dent in it. -prior till the launch of columbia, and a couple of the meetings, the topic of foam coming off 112 came up. there's probably, erm... 15 to 20 people around the table and then there's a lot of other people at nasa in the room. we talked about starting to look into this a little bit more because we've seen it come off on, you know, more than one flight now. we should understand if there's a way to prevent it. -late october of 2002, after sts-...

Shuttle days, but in the shuttle days we got down to the t -31. >> second point in the count when everything shifted from the what we call the ground launch sequencer to onboard control. and so this was the ground launch sequence or something in the ground system software, the detected a problem. so that's what the team is off trying to do. tech determined now, what what was it, what signal i think i will i will say going back to what kristen said about sensors when when. now administrator, senator nelson and i were onboard columbia for both of our first laid in 1986 we got down to t -14 secon...

Hey, we see Foam Loss all the time. And it never did any damage to the vehicle. We dont have to worry about it, its only foam. Two missions before columbia it happened on sts112 atlantis. A significant strike hit the skirt of the solid Rocket Booster and actually put a dent in it. Prior till the launch of columbia, and a couple of the meetings, the topic of foam coming off 112 came up. Theres probably, erm. 15 to 20 people around the table and then theres a lot of other people at nasa in the room. We talked about starting to look into this a little bit more because weve seen it come off on, yo...

Late october of 2002, after sts112 atlantis, i went to a meeting about that flight. I had put together a report about the Foam Loss and the damage to the solid rocket booster. And i presented the case that said, that amount of foam, that mass, in one chunk coming off Shuttle Atlantis this was the vehicle telling us something is wrong, heres your warning. At risk of being insubordinate, i said to the heads of the Shuttle Program sitting around the centre table, i was adamant at that meeting, either fix the problem or dont fly an external tank on the next launch, which is impossible. From that m...

I mean, its very emotional. Columbias three main engines draining a half a ton of Fuel Per second, heading towards space on the first Shuttle Mission of the year. You know how on tv it looks like youre going up really smoothly . No, not at all. Its kind of a wild ride. And theres a lot of vibration. And on my first flight, it was so much, i thought to myself, theres something wrong here. Cannot possibly feel like this. Solid Rocket Booster Separation confirmed. Guidance now converging. Columbias onboard computers commanding the main Engine Nozzles to gently swivel, aiming the shuttle for a pre...