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Images of Endeavour's Damaged Tiles

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the that-sure-doesn't-look-good dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Neptec Design Group, a Canadian company and a NASA prime contractor for 25 space missions, was kind enough to send me exclusive images of Endeavour's damaged tiles during its last take-off. So here are some of these pictures" The pictures are pretty amazing and make the urgency of this whole thing much more amazing.

7 of 331 comments (clear)

  1. Endeavour: by kaleco · · Score: 4, Funny

    "it's just a flesh wound"

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    1. Re:Endeavour: by ashitaka · · Score: 3, Funny

      "No it isn't!, Your wings come off!"

      Riding the TGV to hell.

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  2. Exclusive? Yeah right... by ExE122 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I bet those are pictures of Roland's bathroom floor.

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  3. Re:A good public debate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Thank you for your comment. It has been analyzed and approved by the NSA and the CIA. A copy of your comment (and your voting record) will be kept on backup indefinately at our Langley VA storage facility.

  4. Re:The solution. by east+coast · · Score: 4, Funny

    We'z gonna fix yo bucket! What we haz right here is a crack in da tile instead of crack in da vile.

    Word! Pass dat pipe, homie.

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  5. Re:How long has this been happening? by DreamCoder · · Score: 3, Funny

    References? Oh wait, this isn't wikipedia...

  6. Re:Is it so urgent? by Chris+Burke · · Score: 4, Funny

    I could see a use for a "space truck" the size of Endeavour, even after the shuttle program does out the door.

    Oh sure, but you know how it is. As soon as your buddies find out you have a space truck they'll want you to help move their space sofas into their new space condo.

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