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Shuttle wings to be
embedded with new
debris strike sensors
By Marcia Dunn
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SPACE CENTER, Houston — Taking a lesson from the
Columbia disaster, NASA plans to embed high-tech sensors in the
wings of the three remaining space shuttles to detect any blows from
debris, an oversight panel said Thursday.
The sensors will determine whether the leading edges of the
wings were hit, but not the degree of damage, said Joseph
Cuzzupoli, a Kistler Aerospace Corp. vice president who is part of
the retum-to-flight task force.
The extent of damage would still have to be determined by an
inspection in orbit, using an extension boom equipped with cameras
and lasers.
"It’s just a tool that helps us to know and gives us a feeling that
something hit it,” said Cuzzupoli, who worked on both the Apollo
and shuttle programs for the former Rockwell International.
Inspecting the. outside of an orbiting shuttle will be difficult,
Cuzzupoli said, and knowing where debris struck will save time
and reduce risk of, say, banging the boom against the shuttle and
damaging it.
The sensors have never been used on a shuttle before. They
would detect blows from debris during launch and later in flight as
well. Cuzzupoli said.
Cuzzupoli and other members of the NASA-appointed task force
charged with overseeing retum-to-flight activities held their second
pubjic meeting on Thursday.
They said NASA is making progress on ail the recommendations
put forth by the Columbia accident investigators. But they stressed
the space agency is still developing a repair kit for the reinforced
carbon panels that line the edges of the wings, and it is also strug
gling with the software needed for the inspection boom.
NASA’s latest target for resuming shuttle flights is next fall.
The independent task force was assembled by NASA last sum
mer to help the space agency meet the Columbia investigators’
recommendations for returning to flight.
The Columbia Accident Investigation Board determined that the
disaster was caused by a a piece of foam insulation that broke off the
external fuel tank during liftoff last January and smashed into the
leading edge of the shuttle’s left wing.
Engineers did not know the shuttle had been hit by a chunk of
foam until they reviewed footage of the launch a day later. No
one had a clear idea of the severity of the damage before the
spacecraft broke apart over Texas during re-entry on Feb. 1. All
seven astronauts were killed.
SOME HOLIDAY HELP FOR OWNERS
Ulcbc;
B usiness is booming around
the holidays as more people
are spending money on various
gifts for their pets, with tastes
running high and low.
Run, rodent, run
Made of neon
colored tubing and
glow-in-the-dark
exercise wheels,
the Critter Trail X,
keeps small pets
entertained and in
shape; perfect for
hamsters, gerbils
and mice, $29 99.
Light up their life
ID tags come with
motion-sensitive holiday
lights shaped like a
snowflake, wreath or
holiday bone, $4 99.
Send in the mice
Keep your cat fit while
chasing the Pet Zone
Remote Control
Mouse, $14.99.
SOURCES PetsMart; Petco: Super Pet.
Company ‘iVell ■iw Airrr it ' Pre*s
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your dogs
bark with the
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from Taker
Included is a
microphone
attached to a dogs
collar and a separate
translator, $99.99
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Campaign finance law clears
Supreme Court, but fight not over
WASHINGTON (AP) — The legal wrangling over caip;
finance restrictions is far from over, despite the Supreme Court!
endorsement of the broadest limits on campaign donations a
nearly 30 years.
Justices invited opponents of the law to come back later with pro?
that parts of the new campaign law, as applied, are unconstitutior;
Unless there is a showing of harm, the divided court sai
Wednesday, the nation is better off with limits on the inan®
influence of deep-pocket donors even if money can nevert;
divorced from politics.
The ruling means the restrictions put in place by Congress®
year will apply to the 2004 election, including the first presktf
delegate selection contests in Iowa and New Hampshire next morf
Have you...
Picked up or
purchased your
2002 Aggieland
If you ordered the 2002
Aggieland yearbook and
haven’t picked it up, stop by
room 015 Reed McDonald
Building and do so. Please
bring your Student ID. If you did
not order last year's Texas A&M
yearbook (the 2001-02 school
year), you may purchase one
for $40 plus tax.
Pre-ordered
your 2003
Aggieland
The 2003 Aggieiand-the 101st
Texas A&M University year
book-will be an 800-page
record of the 2002-2003
school year. Distribution will be
during Fall 2003. Stop by 015
Reed McDonald or telephone
845-2613 (credit cards only).
Cost; $30 plus tax.
Paid mailing
fee for 2003
Aggieland
If you ordered a 2003
Aggieland and will not be on
campus next fall to pick it up,
you can have it mailed. To bare
your yearbook for the ’02-03
school year mailed, stop by
room 015 Reed McDonald oi
telephone 845-2613 (credit
cards only) and pay a $7 mail
ing and handling fee.
Student Media Advertising/Distribution Office: Room 015 Reed McDonald Hours: 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Cash. Check. Aggie Bucks. WSA. UasletCard. Ckscotet and American [xprtas accepted
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