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It may have been ice falling away.

You know the thing at the top of the launch tower (?) that looks like it holds the fuel tank in place? It's actually something that feeds some sort of gas into the tank.

With a few minutes to go, it gets removed so the shuttle can take off. When it broke free, I saw a light colored chunk fall out of it and hit the fuel tank. The camera shot was too close to tell if it fell down and hit the orbiter.

Thanks for the update.

Video showed what appeared to be a large piece of debris flying off the external fuel tank two minutes into the flight. The object did not seem to hit the orbiter. Footage also showed what might have been at least two light-colored objects flying off Discovery as the shuttle cleared the launch pad.

"No telling what might be there or what's not there — we hope nothing," deputy shuttle program manager Wayne Hale said.

What the fuck?

It's already been seen - there was a small piece of somethign taht fell off one of the main boosters, and somethign that fell off the shuttle.

And I think by nothing they mean hopefully nothing serious.

I think it was the hyperdrive bearing.

Yeh it was plain to see
Quite large, nothing major i bet

riddla wrote:

duffman91 wrote:Thanks for the update.

he's just repeating shit the news has already covered, what a cunt

Hey tired cunt, the news is talking about something that happened after lift off. You're obviously a stupid twat because you failed to read that what I saw happened before lift off.

I just saw the video of the take off. Never fails to humble me when I see things like that. Also, when you see the huge amount of fuel it's using every second, it's a wonder there's enough room to hold enough gas to get past the first mile.

riddla wrote:poo wittle wep, another failed grasp at e-ttention :lol:

Evade the fact that you talked shit before even reading what I said you worthless pile.

riddla wrote:yes, pointing out that you stated the obvious and that you're a cunt is the real tragedy in this whole situation :lol:

Avoid the truth, you whiney baby. I clearly said it was something that happened before lift off. The media is reporting about something that happened after lift off.

You lost this one long ago. Go suck off another hobo.

You look like a serious clown riddla. Stop while you're behind.

Hey Rep, your topic is total shite. Nobody cares if you saw stuff fall off a shuttle, just like nobody cares that you're gay.

Post pictures of your goofy ass holding a shitty HSN sword to impress your forum (read: real) friends.

I was not aware I had friends on this forum.

pics/divx?

Funny how technical stuff works… The Russians have been shooting 40 year old rockets all over the place with almost zero trouble whilst the Americans run into all sorts of difficulties all the time with their top of the line tech...

You mean, except when they blow up?

Well, i can't even remember the last time a Russian rocket crashed - whilst i can clearly remember some US accidents with spaceshuttles.

(of course i could be wrong, since i know even less than Kracus about space.)

Ryoki wrote:(of course i could be wrong, since i know even less than Kracus about space.)

What I know about space is that I have too little of it on my desk. There's too much crap on it

The shuttle hit a bird when it lifted off, supposedly theirs pics I haven't seen any yet tho..

OMG, go to 1:43 in this video and look at the rocket boosters. GG O-RINGS. It looks like they almost had another Challenger.

mms://wm.nasa-global.speedera.net/wm.nasa-global/RTF/WB57.wmv

don't see nothing at 1:43.. sorry just a jumpy cam

rep wrote:OMG, go to 1:43 in this video and look at the rocket boosters. GG O-RINGS. It looks like they almost had another Challenger.

mms://wm.nasa-global.speedera.net/wm.nasa-global/RTF/WB57.wmv

They have addressed the problem with the o-ring and they know what caused it. Therefore it won't happen again.

But rep must be right, he used a big font!

No, rep is just a moron who thinks he knows all.

I know enough that you two will be murdered in the cleansing time.