107 Cameras to Scan Discovery for Damage

neutron_p writes "We already know that NASA has prepared for space shuttle rescue mission if a crisis arises during Discovery's return to flight. NASA wants to avoid any risk, that's why they also installed 107 cameras which will film and photograph the orbiter's first two minutes of ascent from every angle scanning for pieces of insulation foam or ice fall off during the launch and strike the shuttle, the kind of damage that doomed its predecessor Columbia. Cameras will be installed around the launch pad and at distances of 6 to 60 kilometers (some 3.5 to 35 miles) away, as well as on board of two airplanes and on the shuttle itself."

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I know, being a pedant bastard but...

[rnws]

From o.p: "...two airplanes..."

As a commercial pilot friend of mine likes to point out, it's aeroplane, (cf: hydroplane). "Airplanes" don't exist (well, as a machine) - that describes a flat section of air, not a flying machine.

Well, there goes what little karma I have...