If It's Indestructible In Space...
From the Associated Press:
Nearly indestructible substance found on shuttle's wing
The orbiting space shuttle Discovery sported some whitish splotches on its black right wing edge that NASA officials said appeared to be bird droppings.
Shuttle lead flight director Tony Ceccacci said he saw the same splotches on the identical part of the shuttle about three weeks ago when Discovery was on the launch pad and laughed when pictures beamed back from space Wednesday showed they were still there.
That means these bird droppings withstood regular Florida thunderstorms, a mighty Fourth of July launch and a burst upward through Earth's atmosphere. During that launch Discovery went from zero to 28,000 km/h in just under 9 minutes.
And still the bird droppings remained in place.
No wonder it's so hard to get them off my windshield!!!
Nearly indestructible substance found on shuttle's wing
The orbiting space shuttle Discovery sported some whitish splotches on its black right wing edge that NASA officials said appeared to be bird droppings.
Shuttle lead flight director Tony Ceccacci said he saw the same splotches on the identical part of the shuttle about three weeks ago when Discovery was on the launch pad and laughed when pictures beamed back from space Wednesday showed they were still there.
That means these bird droppings withstood regular Florida thunderstorms, a mighty Fourth of July launch and a burst upward through Earth's atmosphere. During that launch Discovery went from zero to 28,000 km/h in just under 9 minutes.
And still the bird droppings remained in place.
No wonder it's so hard to get them off my windshield!!!
posted by Gung Ho at 6:06 AM
1 Comments:
Just a thought--
Maybe they should use bird droppings instead of the foam padding for protection of the shuttle--it would be alot cheaper!!! :=)
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