-for the second time in nasa s 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? -we d 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 today s problems? -it is true. it was judged that, erm , that event did not represent a safety concern. -this happened under my watch, but i didn t have the answers. in every public forum i m gonna have to be in, how am i gonna explain this to anybody? at this time, we have no indication that the mishap was caused by anything or anyone on the ground. -nasa never wants to look stupid. nasa wants to be the agency with the answers. -my thoughts are on what we missed, what i missed to allow this to happen. -but if you overlook something, it will come to bite you one day or anot
-good afternoon, everybody, and welcome to the johnson space center for today s briefing. -lisa starke with abc news. when you realized that you had this debris that had struck the shuttle and you started your analysis, what was the discussion about trying to take a look either through satellites or these large telescopes that the military has and why was the decision made not to try that? -we certainly had that discussion. we believe that taking a picture , looking for tile damage, it does not show us the depth of tile that may have been shaved off. we cannot make a determination conclusively whether that represents a concern or not. - well, linda, reading through the transcripts, in hindsight were you sufficiently open to the idea that this was a really serious problem?
Good afternoon, everybody, and welcome to the Johnson Space Center for todays briefing. Lisa starke with abc news. When you realized that you had this debris that had struck the shuttle and you started your analysis, what was the discussion about trying to take a look either through satellites or these large telescopes that the military has and why was the decision made not to try that . We certainly had that discussion. We believe that taking a picture , looking for tile damage, it does not show us the depth of tile that may have been shaved off. We cannot make a determination conclusively whether that represents a concern or not. Well, linda, reading through the transcripts,
And subsequently impacted the orbiter left wing. Experts have reviewed the highspeed photography, and there is no concern for Rcc Or Tile damage. We have seen this same phenomenon on several other flights and theres absolutely no concern for entry. That is all for now it is a pleasure working with you every day. So, they saw something. Theyre taking care of it. This email was too short, too sweet, too easy. Okay. Good Morning And Welcome to the mmt. Day nine. Rodneys team presented their analysis. I wasnt presenting the results of our analysis