Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster Pt 5: Heat resistant tiles -- BBC

[Kvz2011]

I wont sub until u upload the full vid!!!

[relativityprinciple]

It's really sad to lose lives in either way. launching and re-entry. just poignant.

But these people were brave ones - living out their dreams and sacrificing their lives for the cause of humanity - when most people down here all could ever think of is to cause war and misery. it's really sad.

[strokedmustang66]

still looking for Part 6

[Mohibor]

I'm not good at science, but could they re-enter the earth at lower speeds to prevent excessive heat?

[relativityprinciple]

@Mohibor

I'm not quite sure about this, but i heard that the shuttle has no total control for speeds, it only glides along as it re enters the atmosphere and given the velocity upon re-entry i don't think you can apply too much break to slow such a huge thing. That's why they really had to make it "anti-heat resistant" so it can stand the extreme temperature during the re-entry. So I really think the damaged wing had really cause the explosion.

[malamagr]

@relativityprinciple They weave back and forth to break the speed, and might have been able to have chosen a different set of maneuvers to lessen the heat on the damaged area if they'd known about it before re-entry. I'm not sure if they could have stayed banked one way and gone into a spiral to take the worst heat only on the other side, but personally I'd rather have a chance at landing on a rural road on the wrong continent than burn up for sure while aiming for home. Better to know before.

[smilnrt]

WOW! That would be alot of carbon! The small amount used on a Ferrari helps to make them cost over 200k USD, can only imagine what it must cost to custom build it for the wings of a space craft!!!

[hoghogwild]

@TheAkpatriot That would be degrees (F).

[JoanCollins2009]

carbon carbon panels oh dear shit talk me thinks

[Nazkyr]

@JoanCollins2009 Carbon-Carbon is a composite material consisting of carbon fibre reinforcement in a matrix of graphite, so theres the Carbon (fibre) and Carbon (graphite) :)

[Chris4400]

2 minutes, that's lame.

[JoanCollins2009]

Carbon Carbon panels. fab as long as thy did the jobx

[janinaman]

this is shit

[shflbm]

where is part 6?

[mpsicily]

@shflbm Good question, looking for it myself...

[GhosstofShadows]

@shflbm

Search for "8v-oMEDo3p4", titled, "The Last Flight of Space Shuttle Columbia 3/5"

[MrBaraniecki]

@GhosstofShadows thank you!

[ECTBWHO]

: )

[thesilverhorizon]

reinforces what??

[gameoflordfuckerhalo]

Reinforced Carbon Carbon panels.

LOL

[foot1piczocom]

@gameoflordfuckerhalo Yo dawg we heard you like carbon so we put carbon on your carbon

[k636101]

reinforsed carbon carbon ... sound expensive XD