From: "Glenn Meadows" 

Today's report says that NASA not thinks the Wheel Well was breached
letting in 3000 degree gas from the re-entry.  Not sure where, possibly a
loss of a leading edge tile, a failure/rupture of the wheel well seals. 
They don't think that the loss of one tile though would do it.

Story is on CNN (as I'm sure other places).

--
Glenn M.


"Geo."  wrote in message
news:3e4c529d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Well tire pressure was the last thing the were talking about over the
radio,
> but they were saying something like 40 psi so it would have had to have
> heated up really fast (like in a second or two) and I'm not sure if that's
> even possible.
>
> Geo.
>
> "Phil Payne"  wrote in message
> news:3E4B5DB5.1ED8B8BE{at}isham-research.com...
> > http://www.nasa.gov/columbia/COL_landgear_email_030212.pdf
> >
> > It's a PDF made from a scanned paper copy.  I would have expected an
> > electronic copy.
> >
> > You may remember my very first comment on the photographs of the
> insulation
> > hitting the orbiter - that it looked like it was nearer the landing gear
> > doors than the leading edge.
> >
> > --
> >   Phil Payne
> >   http://www.isham-research.com
> >   +44 7785 302 803
> >   +49 173 6242039
>
>

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