MM> I didn't read Jean's comment that way.  My perspective is that something wa
MM> wrong "on the ground" that failed to be discovered,
despite all the monitor

MM> During liftoff, as the pictues show, a "piece of
something" broke loose fro
MM> the fuel tank and hit the shuttle.  This doesn't bother me too much, as tha
MM> "whatever it was" was travelling at the same speed as the
shuttle at that
MM> instant in time, and would not have been the likely cause of extensive or
MM> serious damage.  In any case, that subject is a whole train of consequences
MM> itself.

 As I understand it, there is a very high rate of
accelleration during liftoff and it causes many
G's of force upon the crew.

 Wouldn't those same forces be on a piece that was
no longer attached to the accellerating craft?

 TTYL.

 Robert

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